Kupuna Care, Water Safety Bills Signed Into Law

Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Signs Bills to Enhance Water Safety and Kūpuna Care (State of Hawaii)

) HONOLULU - Governor Josh Green, M.D., signed four measures into law today to strengthen Hawai'i's public safety through the enactment

Green signs bill aimed at helping kupuna with dementia - West Hawaii Today

Gov. Josh Green signed three bills on Thursday to enhance protections for vulnerable citizens in Hawaii, including one measure focused on helping kupuna living with dementia.

Green signs bill aimed at helping kupuna with dementia - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Gov. Josh Green signed three bills on Thursday to enhance protections for vulnerable citizens in Hawaii, including one measure focused on helping kupuna living with dementia.

Green signs ‘Sharkey’s Law’ to prevent keiki drownings | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Five-year-old Charlotte “Sharkey” Schaefers drowned 21 years ago after saving a 3-year-old boy in a poorly maintained and overflowing detention retention pond, and her legacy was front and center during a bill-signing ceremony Thursday for the new “Sharkey’s Law” aimed at improving water safety for Hawaii’s children, adults and visitors.

Gov. Josh Green signs bills bettering water safety, kūpuna care

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Gov. Josh Green signed several measures on July 3, with the measures enhancing water safety and kūpuna care. "This is about the safety and well-being of our ʻohana and setting a chain of positive intention to uplift those in our community," Green said. "These newly enacted laws will provide members of our communities will tools to secure housing, better understand Alzheimer's disease and prevent drowning incidents." $213…

Governor Green signs bills aimed to strengthen water safety, kupuna care

Water safety advocates cheered the passage of Sharkey’s Law, named after 5-year-old Charlotte “Sharkey” Schaefers who drowned in a detention pond in 2004.