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JUNE 15, 2022
Aloha e friends,
The 2022 legisla- tive session conclud- ed on May 5. I’m pleased to announce that nine of the bills I personally introduced passed the House and Senate and are now awaiting signature by the governor. You can read about them in my May newsletter.
island paradise. Incentiviz- ing actions that reward and support the role farmers play is critical. The governor has until July 12 to sign the bills into law. If he intends to veto a bill, he must inform the Leg- islature by June 27. If he does neither, the bill becomes law.
tional Guard Youth Challenge Academy! I’m excited to an- nounce that $355 million in federal funding for a new East Kapolei High School was ap- proved.
In case you missed it, I hosted my Virtual Commu- nity Listen Story on May 14, during which I gave a legisla- tive wrap-up and shared Dis- trict 20 community updates. Visit my YouTube page (you- tube.com/c/senatormikegab- bard) to view a recording of the meeting.
graduation ceremony on May 18. My office pre- pared certificates for 189 Po‘okela Award winners — students who’ ve achieved a GPA of 3.6 or higher for each of the three quarters of the current school year. A special congratulations to these students whose future will undoubtedly be bright!
the 31st Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i. Follow- ing the graduation ceremo- ny, I personally presented six of the 35 certificates, until it started raining like crazy! The remaining grads receive theirs in the mail with a personal letter from me, congratulating them on their success.
Contact state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D-20 — Kap- olei, Makakilo, portions of ‘Ewa, Kalaeloa and Waipahu) at 808- 586-6830 or sengabbard@capitol. hawaii.gov.
The bills seek to reduce climate change, increase local food production, improve soil health and more. The last two years have taught us much about the threat of shortages in the food supply chain and water supplies, and how crit- ical food security is to our
State Sen. Mike Gabbard presented honorary certificates to Kapolei
High’s valedictorians, including Aaron Liwanag. PHOTO COURTESY THE OFFICE OF STATE SEN. MIKE GABBARD
Kapolei High School 2022 Valedictorians
STATE SEN. MIKE GABBARD
Legislative Session Ends, Graduation Season Begins
The last day of session (aka “sine die”) was followed by school graduations, speaking engagements and site visits. “AlohaCongrats” to Ameri- can Renaissance Academy, DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach, Island Pacific Academy, Ka- polei Middle School, Kapolei High School and Hawai‘i Na-
Listen-Story Meeting: Legislative Wrap-up
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Kapolei Middle School 2022 Graduation
On May 20, I presented honorary certificates to the KHS valedictorians, as I do each year, on behalf of
I attended the Kapolei Middle School in-person
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