Colo. 988, Hawaii Accessibility Bills Pass Chambers

The Colorado House passed a mental health bill that would include continuous appropriations to the 988 crisis hotline. The House voted 47-14 Tuesday to send HB-1236 to the Senate. Currently, the General Assembly must agree to an appropriation annually. The same day in Hawaii, the Senate voted 24-0 for an amended HB-933 to appropriate an unspecified amount of funding for a program to provide free telecom access “to certain information for persons with a print disability.” It returns to the House, which last month supported the bill unanimously.