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Committee defers Pina Lemusu nomination to April 16

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services · April 16, 2026

Summary

The committee deferred decision-making on GM552 (Pina Lemusu to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities) after the nominee cited illness; the council's executive director spoke in support and the committee rescheduled the decision for April 16 at 3:21 PM in Room 225.

The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services deferred decision-making on GM552, the nomination of Pina Lemusu to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (term to 06/30/2026), after the nominee notified the committee she was unable to attend due to illness.

Daintree Bartolos, executive director of the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, provided strong support in a short statement, noting Lemusu’s lived experience and work with vocational rehabilitation. The chair announced the committee would reconvene on April 16 at 3:21 PM in Room 225 to consider the nomination.

No vote was held on GM552 on April 15; the committee will take up the item during the reconvened session.

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