OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 36
28TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 9, 2020
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LHE - Lower & Higher Education |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PVM - Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
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TIA - Tourism & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO AMEND THE QUALIFYING AGE OF VOTERS FOR ANY STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to 16 years of age. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends the definition of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors. Revises the membership of the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee to include the Director of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD3)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a pilot safe space program within the alternative learning center program in the department of education to support students by providing twenty-four hours per day seven days per week access to emergency crisis services. Makes an appropriation. (SD2)
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes 2.0 FTE positions and appropriates funds to continue small boat harbor saturation enforcement operation pilot testing within the Ala Wai and Keehi small boat harbors and develop effective enforcement for the State's small boat harbors. (SD1)
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense for the public health response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, outbreak. Authorizes the Governor to approve transfer of these appropriated funds between agencies of the State, as necessary. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Authorizes the State Fire Council to use moneys in the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the duties and responsibilities of the state fire council. Specifies the testing procedures of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program. Provides that a manufacturer of cigarettes that fail certain testing may be subject to civil penalties. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. Increases the penalties for those who violate the pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver a Class A felony. Takes effect 9/1/2020. (SD2)
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES. Excludes gender or sex markers from limited purpose driver's licenses and limited purpose provisional driver's licenses. Effective 10/1/2020. (SD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Increases the amount of damages allowed for public school restitution agreements from $3,500 to $10,000. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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LHE, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Prohibits specified trolleys, pulleys, cables, or running lines designed to attach a dog to two stationary objects in a configuration that endangers the dog, including by depriving the dog of sustenance. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog under the age of six months unless the dog is engaged in an activity supervised by its owner or an agent of its owner. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog with a tow or log chain if the tow or log chain inhibits the free movement of the dog. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog with a choke collar, pinch collar, or prong collar unless the dog is engaged in an activity supervised by its owner or an agent of its owner. Effective 10/1/2020. (SD1)
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO ACTIONS FOR QUIET TITLE. Provides that where a quiet title action involves kuleana land, at the request of any defendant at the time the action was brought, the court shall order mandatory mediation with a goal of resolving the dispute, including any issues that might need to be preliminarily established through an action commenced under chapter 668A, HRS. Allows the court to consolidate separate actions commenced by the same plaintiff or multiple plaintiffs for the same real property in interest. Requires the plaintiff in a quiet title action involving kuleana land to bear the costs of required mediation and only recover costs, expenses, or attorney's fees from the defendant as the court may deem reasonable and equitable under the circumstances.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES. Requires rental motor vehicle lessors to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into the lessors' fleets. Establishes a Hawaii zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund and grant program to promote development of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Requires lobbyists and specified individuals to file two additional reports in general election years to the Hawaii State Ethics Commission, including one report on the second Friday in August and one report on the first Monday in November. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER FEES. Provides authority for the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to set and collect reasonable and necessary fees for services provided and repeals specified fees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Repeals provision that allows persons designated as covered offenders in another state or jurisdiction to petition the Attorney General for termination of registration requirements upon demonstrating that the out of state convictions are not covered offenses in the State of Hawaii. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ON CERTAIN STATE LANDS. Decriminalizes traffic infractions within natural area reserves, game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBTITLE 4. Amends fines for destroying or harvesting trees or tree products, including koa, on state forest reserves lands to an amount up to $10,000 or three times the market value at the time and place of the violation for each tree, whichever is greater, in addition to any costs associated with restoration or replacement of the habitat and damages to public land or natural resources, or any combination thereof. Clarifies that any person violating any provision of part II (Forest Reserves) of chapter 183, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, other than section 183-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Decriminalizes traffic infractions within forest reserves and sets fine amounts. Repeals the general penalty provision of section 183-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATION. Prohibits the issuance of building permits beginning on January 1, 2022, for new single-family dwellings that are part of a development of twenty or more dwellings and do not include a rooftop solar energy generation system, unless a variance is granted. Takes effect on 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INCREASING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' PRO RATA SHARE OF PUBLIC LAND TRUST FUNDS. Establishes $ as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' pro rata share of the public land trust. Transfers $ less certain funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for underpayment of the public land trust funds for 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2019. Requires the Director of Finance to make up the difference between a specified minimum amount and an amount of public land trust receipts from an agency to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs by transferring the difference into the carry-forward trust holding account. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual accounting of receipts from lands described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act. Establishes a committee to recommend the annual amount of the income and proceeds from the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall receive annually. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TAX CREDITS. Amends the renewable energy technologies income tax credit to include commercial seawater air conditioning systems. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to certify tax credits involving commercial seawater air conditioning systems. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Prohibits a company from receiving a grant in consecutive years under the manufacturing development program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewal motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, or instruction permit, or a new, renewal, or duplicate identification card be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote unless the applicant affirmatively declines to be registered to vote. Authorizes access to and electronic transmission of databases maintained or operated by the counties or the department of transportation containing driver's license or identification card information to election officials and the statewide voter registration system. Effective 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING. Establishes ranked choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TIME SHARES. Requires that a plan manager or board of directors keep an accurate and current list of the names, mailing addresses, and electronic mail addresses of board members and time share owners association members. Requires the list of board members and association members to be made available to owners under certain terms and for reasonable costs. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE FOR MINORS. Permits minors to consent to medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of HIV or the prevention of HIV. Takes effect 8/1/2026. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination, including in advertisements for available real property, based on participation in a housing assistance program, or requirements related to participation in housing assistance programs, in real estate transactions and requirements. Takes effect on 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Amends the effect of finding a defendant charged with a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor not involving violence or attempted violence unfit to proceed. Amends the requirements for fitness determination hearings, court-appointed examiners, and examination reports. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS. Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple violations of the same liquor law by licensees in a county with a population of 500,000 or more under certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Clarifies that lands set aside to the HHFDC by the governor or leased to the corporation by other state departments and agencies are excluded from the definition of "public lands" and require approval from the legislature upon disposition. Requires that lands set aside by the governor or leased to the HHFDC be returned to the public trust or to the leasing agency if the HHFDC is no longer needed by the HHFDC. Effective date 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Restricts any county from disapproving or imposing certain conditions on a housing development project for housing or an emergency shelter unless the county meets certain requirements. Takes effect 8/26/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS. Permits two or more members of a board to attend state of the city, state of the county, state of the State, or state of the judiciary addresses; provided that the board members do not discuss board business and no commitment to vote is made or sought. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONDOMINIUMS ON STATE LAND. Authorizes the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, Hawaii community development authority, and Hawaii public housing authority to sell leasehold units in residential condominiums located on state lands. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the penal code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint a reporter and other staff as necessary. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TIME SHARING. Amends the information required to be in a time share disclosure statement, under certain circumstances. Amends the information required to be on a developer registration renewal application. Expands the information developers are not required to include on a developer registration renewal application. Limits the copies of documents developers are required to submit in a developer registration renewal application. Requires developers to submit copies of supplementary plan documents of the time share plan. Allows for submission of certain document in electronic form. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP DERIVED PRODUCTS. Establishes a regulatory framework for products containing cannabidiol that were manufactured legally through approved government programs. Clarifies that these products are not considered adulterated food, beverage, or cosmetic products. Prohibits manufacturers from making health-related claims. Requires product labeling for the products to be legally allowed in the State. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LITTERING. Increases the maximum civil penalty for littering from $500 to $1,000. Increases the maximum fine for the offense of criminal littering from $1,000 to $5,000.
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RELATING TO LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS. Adds early childhood education teachers to the Hawaii educator loan program and allows the education loans of participants to be forgiven after 5 years of teaching. Establishes a cap on the total loan forgiveness. Exempts existing program loans. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. Specifies that the cost of regional infrastructure improvements made by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may be assessed against transit-oriented development projects specifically benefiting from the improvements. Requires the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to review and make recommendations on applications for subaccount funds for infrastructure projects related to transit-oriented development. (SD2)
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RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Requires the University of Hawaii to collaborate with the Department of Education and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to utilize interactive web tools to collaborate among a diverse array of stakeholders enabling degree-seeking individuals to make better-informed decisions regarding their post-secondary education and career choices. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Gives a preference to students who live within the service area of a school or who enrolled in the school the previous school year who apply for participation in a career and technical education program offered by that school. Establishes enrollment in a career and technical education program as a new exception to the requirement to attend school within the service area in which a student resides. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Amends coastal zone management laws to further protect against impacts of sea level rise and coastal erosion. Requires the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to submit a proposal for a State of Hawaii supplemental insurance program for properties within the State subject to climate change impacts to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Establishes the no child left inside grant program for the awarding of grants promoting outdoor education and recreation programs. Establishes the no child left inside grant program special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Establishes the Hawaii After-School Program for Youth within the Department of Education to provide after-school programs for public school and public charter school students in grades six through eight. Establishes the Hawaii after-school program for youth special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Establishes a Workforce Readiness Program within the Department of Education to allow students to graduate from an extended high school enrollment with an industry-recognized associate's degree to complement the student's high school diploma. Appropriates moneys to develop and implement the program, including (2.0) FTE Educational Specialist II staff positions and (7.0) FTE District Office Teachers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires the Governor; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and the Hawaii State Energy Office to develop a strategic plan that outlines benchmarks to achieve a 100% renewable energy portfolio standard. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit the strategic plan to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2022. Requires the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute to conduct a feasibility study on the State's ability to achieve its renewable energy goals by 2045. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Allows the Office of Hawaiian Affairs consultation with State Historic Preservation Division to delegate to the impacted counties the responsibility for historic preservation project reviews, provided that certain requirements are met. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes a tree planting program in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/33. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. Requires departments to submit their annual reports concerning their non-general fund accounts to the Auditor in addition to the Legislature. Requires departments to include the status of implementing any recommendations made by the Auditor, and if no action has been taken, to detail the reasons why any recommendation has not been implemented in their annual reports submitted regarding their non-general fund accounts. Requires the Auditor to submit an annual compilation report for annual non-general fund account reports. Requires the Auditor to include, in its annual report to the Legislature on special, revolving, and trust funds, an update on fund recommendations made within the past 5 years that have not been implemented. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STATE BUILDINGS. Establishes a pilot project to purchase, install, and maintain emergency evacuation chairs in multi-story state buildings. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Designates the fourth Saturday in September of each year as Public Lands Day. Effective 7/1/51. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES CONTROL. Requires and appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to develop or identify substitutes for invasive plant species that are routinely used in landscaping. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Clarifies that the definition of "resident person" under the Hawaii Real Property Tax Act does not include foreign partnerships, foreign limited liability partnerships, foreign limited partnerships, or foreign limited liability companies. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to real estate dispositions that occur on or after 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to provide public school and public charter school students with behavior analysis services. Requires the department to seek any necessary approvals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the state Medicaid plan to include applied behavior analysis services for eligible students who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit by changing the cap amounts of the tax credit to unspecified amounts. Changes to unspecified amounts the percentage of qualified agricultural costs that may be claimed as a credit. Extends by 9 years the time period that the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide education and support to local businesses regarding compliance with the federal Food and Drug Administration's industry guidance on colored sea salt. Requires private industry businesses to collectively pay 50% of the cost to conduct and submit to the federal Food and Drug Administration any research, studies, or analysis required for federal Food and Drug Administration approval of color additives used in Hawaii sea salt. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Transfers to the Department of Agriculture operational authority over portions of the East Kauai Irrigation System operated and maintained by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative as of 7/1/2020. Provides a conditional extension to acquire required permits. Establishes staffing positions. Authorizes general obligation bonds for a statewide irrigation system capital improvement project. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the excise tax rate on large cigars. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING. Amends the description for the appropriation for the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator in Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. Changes the amount of general revenues appropriated for the position to an unspecified sum. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number electric vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Authorizes the examiner of drivers to accept driver's license renewal applications from civilian employees and contractors of the federal Department of Defense more than six months prior to the date of expiration under certain conditions.
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RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINTS. Amends requirements for child passengers. Requires rear facing child safety seats for children under two years of age. Raises certain fines for violations. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate action to ensure a prompt trial to minimize the length of time a child sexual offense or child abuse victim must endure the proceedings. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Requires the family court to appoint counsel to indigent parents and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parent. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION. Adds the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the chairperson's designee to serve as ex officio, voting members of the Commission on Water Resource Management. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN INCOME FROM THE STATE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Clarifies the application of the general excise tax law to the unrelated business taxable income of nonprofit organizations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES. Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the District Court of the Second Circuit. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DISCRETIONARY TRANSFERS TO THE SUPREME COURT. Allows child custody appeals to be transferred from the Intermediate Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court, except in cases brought under the Child Protective Act.
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RELATING TO THE ROOM CONFINEMENT OF CHILDREN AT DETENTION AND SHELTER FACILITIES. Limits the circumstances under which children and minors at shelters may be subject to room confinement, and specifies the conditions and time limits for which room confinement may be imposed. (SD1)
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RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES. Clarifies that certain county-issued cards and certificates are not subject to the State's unfair and deceptive practices regulations related to gift certificates.
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RELATING TO FELONIES. Includes as a class C felony the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle, system, or service resulting in serious bodily injury or death. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Requires the builders of new dwellings to provide buyers with information on the benefits and costs associated with installing and maintaining a residential fire sprinkler system. Requires the State Fire Council and the Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Protection to develop a standard form for this purpose. Effective 1/2/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Authorizes the State Fire Council to administer and expend funds from the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support statewide fire prevention and safety programs. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE CODE. Amends the process for adoption of the state fire code to conform with other Hawaii state building codes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Establishes an income tax credit for the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system in any new 1- or 2-family dwelling in a structure used only for residential purposes. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the sellers of residential real property to provide smoke alarms in the building.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Authorizes election officials to establish additional voter service centers. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VACANCIES. Amends filing deadlines for candidates attempting to fill vacant state senate seats.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows departments more time to comply with new ERS reporting standards. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES. Provides that candidate committees may reimburse the candidate or other individuals for expenditures made on the candidate's behalf.
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RELATING TO ORDERS OF THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION. Provides that the right to a contested case hearing is deemed waived if a person does not request a hearing within 30 days of receipt of the commission's preliminary determination. Permits an order of the commission to be confirmed as a judgment in the circuit court, giving the order the same force and effect as any other judgment issued by the circuit courts; provided that there shall be no appeal from the judgment. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. Clarifies that preliminary primary and preliminary general reports are due 10 days before the primary or general election.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Provides that excess contributions by nonresident contributors shall be returned to a nonresident contributor of the candidate's, candidate committee's, or noncandidate's choosing within 30 days or else escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW. Increases the amount of the fine that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period, for campaign spending law violations. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order that payment of a fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. Applies the electioneering communication section only to noncandidate committees. Amends the definition of "disclosure date" to mean the date on which the electioneering communication is publicly distributed. Expands the definition of "electioneering communication" to apply to advertisements sent by any mail rate and communications regarding expenditures of the organization. Makes a conforming statutory amendment relating to the determination of the date by which a person is deemed to have made a campaign expenditure. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Amends the offense of disorderly conduct to include engaging in conduct with intent to convey false or misleading information.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS. Establishes the offense of unauthorized control of propelled vehicle in the second degree, which applies if a person recklessly or negligently exerts unauthorized control over another's propelled vehicle by operating the vehicle without the owner's consent or by changing the identity of the vehicle without the owner's consent. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Amends the offense of theft in the second degree to include theft of property commonly used to store items of personal or monetary value, including any purse, handbag, or wallet.
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE. Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to consider and make specific recommendations on sea level rise policies. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires vehicles on a two-lane highway, behind which a certain number of vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles proceed when passing is unsafe. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EXECUTIVE PARDONS. Establishes an application and notification process for the consideration of executive pardons. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Amends the offenses of sexual assault in the first and third degree, when perpetrated against someone who is mentally defective, to remove the standard of proof regarding knowledge that the other person was mentally defective, as that term is defined in section 707-700, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO ABUSE OF A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. Amends the penal code to add abuse of a family or household member to felonies that qualify for repeat offender sentencing.
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RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF PROPERTY. Updates the definition of "property" to expressly include intellectual property for purposes of prosecuting property crimes. Defines "intellectual property." (SD1)
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RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Excludes violation of privacy in the first degree, and certain paragraphs of violation of privacy in the second degree, from qualifying for deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.
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RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Includes coercion as a means of committing the offense of sex trafficking. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE OFFENSES. Provides that all animal parts, products, or items containing prohibited animal parts or products involved in the commission of wildlife trafficking or certain hunting offenses shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State. (SD1)
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RELATING TO A WATER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND IN WAHIAWA, OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of funding construction costs of a water storage and distribution system on agricultural lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Wahiawa, Oahu surrounding the Kukaniloko Birthing Stones site.
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN EXPERTISE IN LAND USE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits council, board, and commission members from serving if the member has not completed, within the requisite time, the required training course related to native Hawaiian and Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, native Hawaiian and Hawaiian natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust, including the State's trust responsibility. Requires that at least one member each of the board of land and natural resources and the state land use commission be appointed from a list submitted by the office of Hawaiian affairs. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION. Limits the convictions that may be used in employment decisions from all convictions in the most recent ten years to felony convictions that occurred in the most recent five years and misdemeanor convictions that occurred in the most recent three years.
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT HOUSING LANDS. Establishes procedures for the identification and designation of important housing lands. Defines important housing lands as public lands owned by the State that are located within 1.0 mile of any rail mass transit station and needed to promote the development of homes priced below market rates for Hawaii residents who are owner-occupants and own no other real property. Requires the State and counties to identify and designate important housing lands. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects consistent with the purposes of the rental housing revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING. Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale in perpetuity to buyers who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants, and do not own any other real property. Requires each county to submit a report on inclusionary zoning requirements to the legislature every year until the regular session of 2025. Effective 6/18/2050 and repeals on 7/1/2025. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires state or county agencies to issue discretionary permits for housing development projects that meet certain requirements within sixty days of receipt of a permit application deemed to be complete by the receiving state or county agency. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an empty homes conveyance tax against certain residential property owners who own a vacant residential unit in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to finance structural improvements for Maui Memorial Medical Center. Requires matching private funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING PRODUCTS. Makes it unlawful for any person other than a licensed tobacco retailer to receive any shipment of e-liquids or electronic smoking devices. Requires that e-liquid and electronic smoking devices be included within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of funds collected on excise taxes on tobacco products to fund health education, prevention, and nicotine cessation programs for youth, regarding the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FLAVORED PRODUCTS FOR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Beginning July 1, 2020, prohibits the sale of flavored products for electronic smoking devices, the mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine, and the sale of tobacco products other than through retail sales via a direct, in-person exchange between a retailer and consumer. Establishes penalties. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices containing e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Effective 7/1/2023. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires the examiner of drivers to disqualify any person from driving a commercial motor vehicle for life if that person uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving an act or practice of severe forms of trafficking in persons. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
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RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Establishes a state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund, to be administered by the Department of Health. Deposits fines for repeat offenders, habitual offenders, and offenders who operate a vehicle after license and privilege have been suspended or revoked for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant into the special fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires the liquor commission to record all complaints against any licensee, regardless of whether the complaint is filed during or after the occurrence of the violation. Requires the liquor commission to review the history of complaints against any applicant at the time of application for a new license or renewal of an existing license. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Clarifies the meaning of "program or activity receiving state financial assistance". Excludes cases within the scope of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act from the jurisdiction of the Hawaii civil rights commission.
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Makes it a civil and administrative violation for any person to engage in certain archaeological activities without obtaining the required permission or approval from the department of land and natural resources. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Amends bargaining unit (14). Retains state law enforcement officers under bargaining unit (14). Creates a separate bargaining unit (15) for state and county ocean safety and water safety officers.
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RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide rental housing projects for teachers employed by the Department of Education and public charter schools. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Appropriates funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Requires the Department of Education to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of teacher housing. Permits a project owner to lease teacher housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of teacher housing falls below 95%. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TEACHER RECRUITMENT. Authorizes the Department of Education to provide incentives to enhance the recruitment and retention of public school and early education teachers. Authorizes the State Public Charter School Commission to provide incentives to enhance the recruitment and retention of public charter school teachers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends the minimum qualifications for nominees to the State Public Charter School Commission to require residency in the State. Provides that commission members may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable travel expenses incurred in the conduct of official commission business.
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Establishes a workforce readiness diploma program within the Department of Education's Community School for Adults program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Repeals the minimum age requirement to obtain a civil identification card in the State.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax exclusion for certain public school teachers. Defines eligible teachers as full-time school teachers, special education teachers, school librarians, and school counselors employed by the Department of Education or a charter school. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Amends the powers and duties of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to authorize the issuance of certificates for teachers at private schools. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Broadens the scope of profit-making operations students can engage in at schools to include commercial enterprises. Allows students to receive either school credit or compensation when they engage in profit-making operations. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH REFORM. Increases the number of days by which students must apply for free or reduced lunch and replenish the student's meal fund. Prohibits serving an alternative meal to students solely for failure to pay within thirty days of the first semester of a school year or thirty days after the student's meal fund account reaches a zero or negative balance. Prohibits a school from publicly identifying or stigmatizing a student who is unable to pay for a school meal. Requires the Department of Education to use moneys from the special school lunch fund to provide school meals. Appropriates funds into and out of the special school lunch fund. Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature regarding the number of students who are denied meals based on the inability to pay. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS. Prohibits a sex offender from residing within two thousand feet of the sex offender's former victim or the victim's immediate family members. Requires the covered offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address. Takes effect 8/26/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DIVORCE. Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of annulment, divorce, and separation and other certain cases to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the State for a continuous period of at least three months before filing for divorce. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the State for a continuous period of at least six months before completing a divorce.
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RELATING TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT. Requires Department of Education school football programs to ensure that each non-new football and privately purchased football helmet and other safety equipment used in a football program is reconditioned and recertified at least once every two years. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TIME SHARING. Provides purchasers of time shares with rescission rights if there is a material change to the information contained in the disclosure statement. Requires developers to provide notice to the purchaser regarding any pertinent or material change made to the disclosure statement. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NOTARIAL ACTS. Updates laws concerning notaries public to conform to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018), the Hawaii Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, other state notary laws, and current notary practices. Effective 7/1/2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires drug manufacturers to notify the insurance commissioner, prescription drug benefit plans, and pharmacy benefit managers if a proposed increase in the wholesale price of certain drugs would result in a per cent or more price increase over a two‑year period. Requires the drug manufacturer to identify and report to the insurance commissioner information on certain drugs whose wholesale acquisition cost increases by a certain amount during a specified time frame. Requires the insurance commissioner to post price information on the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affair's website. Imposes fines. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Prohibits nonparticipating health care providers from balance billing patients in specific circumstances. Establishes rate calculation requirements for reimbursement of nonparticipating providers. Repeals January 2, 2025. Effective 1/2/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Extends the deadline for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire the Front Street Apartments affordable housing project on Maui unless the ground lease is renegotiated or a new ground lease is issued. Amends the appropriation of rental housing revolving funds for the Lealii affordable housing project to an unspecified amount. Extends the deadline to obtain land use approvals for the Lealii affordable housing project on Maui. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. Prohibits certain contracts for managed care entered into after June 30, 2020, from containing a provision that authorizes a pharmacy benefit manager to reimburse a contracting pharmacy on a maximum allowable cost basis, and voids any such provisions in existing managed care contracts. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in self-serving or deceptive business practices. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in unfair methods of competition or unfair practices. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from retaining any portion of spread pricing. Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from reimbursing a 340B pharmacy differently than any other network pharmacy. Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from reimbursing an independent or rural pharmacy an amount less than the rural rate for each drug under certain circumstances. Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from prohibiting a pharmacist to provide certain information to insureds. Increases pharmacy benefit managers' annual reporting requirements. Requires the insurance commissioner to file annual reports with the legislature. Increases pharmacy benefit manager registration and renewal fees. Makes certain violations of pharmacy benefit managers subject to the penalties provided in chapter 480 and chapter 481, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS. Makes permanent the regulation of behavior analysts. Exempts behavior analysts licensing program from auditor evaluation requirement. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the agricultural enforcement program and agricultural enforcement special fund within the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the Board of Agriculture and agricultural enforcement officers to exercise police powers. Extends to the agricultural enforcement program the applicability of certain statutory provisions relating to the law enforcement officer independent review board; possession of electric guns; the law enforcement standards board; emergency vehicles; and worker's compensation for volunteer emergency response personnel. Authorizes the use of funds in the agricultural development and food security special fund for protection of agricultural resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. Prohibits a health care insurer, mutual benefit society, or health maintenance organization from requiring an insured, subscriber, member, or enrollee diagnosed with stage two through stage four cancer to undergo step therapy prior to covering the insured for the drug prescribed by the insured's health care provider, under certain conditions, for health insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed after 12/31/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable tax credit equal to an unspecified percentage of a taxpayer's eligible child care expenses. Defines eligible child care expenses to mean the sum the taxpayer paid to a child care facility in the State to: (1) support the child care needs of the taxpayer's employees in the taxable year; and (2) purchase child care slots at the child care facility that are actually provided or reserved for children of the taxpayer's employees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Auditor to conduct an audit to determine whether the Department of Education is meeting requirements under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to individuals with the type of disability covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Act. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SERVICE-LEARNING. Requires the Department of Education to implement a service-learning curriculum to develop student character, values, self-esteem, civic responsibility, and knowledge of local community issues and concerns though community service volunteer work. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2022-2023 school year. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Increases the cigarette excise tax imposed on each cigarette sold in the State and allocates the increase in tax revenues to a cigarette litter abatement special fund. Provides that the cigarette litter abatement special fund shall be used to cover the costs of collecting and removing cigarette litter and providing outreach and education to curb improper cigarette litter disposal. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE WAHIAWA DAM AND RESERVOIR. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and implement an emergency intervention plan for the Wahiawa dam and reservoir and to study and report to the Legislature on the feasibility of the State acquiring the Wahiawa dam and reservoir. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2033. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE. Provides that a court may not grant continuances of an order to show cause hearing in domestic abuse cases, absent a finding of good cause. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROOF OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM STATUS. Makes consistent the types of documents accepted as proof of domestic or sexual violence victim status.
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RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT OF WIFI AND INTERNET SERVICES. Requires that all state and state funded facilities have internet computer and wireless access filters to restrict access to pornography sites. Exempts state-owned housing and dormitories. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. Establishes within the Department of Human Services a sexually exploited children statewide coordinator and program and a commercial sexual exploitation of children steering committee to address the needs of sexually exploited children. Requires the commercial sexual exploitation of children steering committee to provide reports to the Legislature. Establishes within each county a commercial sexual exploitation of children multidisciplinary team to facilitate the sharing of information and to immediately respond to cases of child sex trafficking. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services (DHS) for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving public assistance. Requires DHS to disregard passed through child support payments when calculating the income of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance. Increases the maximum fine for an employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income to pay child support. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CAMPUS SAFETY. Strengthens campus safety and accountability procedures and protocols, including those relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and related issues, at the University of Hawaii. Takes steps to extend those procedures and protocols to private institutions of higher education in Hawaii. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to enter into a nondisclosure agreement pertaining to sexual harassment or sexual assault. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS. Extends the deadline for each county police department to adopt and utilize an electronic tracking system for sexual assault evidence collection kits.
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RELATING TO CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. Amends statutory limitations on the time period in which a survivor of childhood sexual abuse may file a civil suit. Permits the court to order restorative justice measures, if deemed appropriate and requested by the victim. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION. Prohibits the Director of Finance from issuing or approving any certificate of participation that exceeds $10 million. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Requires certain school bus contracts entered into after 1/1/2050 to require contracted-for vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel and to be equipped with seat belt assemblies. Requires the Department of Education to submit a report regarding certain aspects relating to implementation of the requirements of section 302A-407(b), HRS. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MICROBEADS. Beginning 7/1/2021: bans the manufacture of a personal care product, except a non-prescription drug, that contains synthetic plastic microbeads. Beginning 7/1/2022: bans the sale or offer for sale of a personal care product, except a non-prescription drug, that contains synthetic plastic microbeads and bans the manufacture of a non-prescription drug that contains synthetic plastic microbeads. Beginning 7/1/2023: bans the sale or offer for sale of a non-prescription drug that contains synthetic plastic microbeads. Specifically exempts rinse-off cosmetics and rinse-off cosmetics that are also non-prescription drugs regulated by the federal Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015. (SD1)
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RELATING TO IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES. Requires consecutive terms of imprisonment for anyone convicted as a repeat or habitual offender if arising from same conduct as conviction for operating a vehicle without an interlock ignition device. Requires any person operating a vehicle with an ignition interlock to have government issued identification in their immediate possession. Expands the lookback period under provisions relating to ignition interlock requirements from five to ten years. Amends the sentencing guideline to be between six months and one year. Expands the offense of circumventing or tampering with an ignition interlock to include obscuring the camera lens. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KEAHOLE FBO I LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Keahole FBO I LLC with planning, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating facilities for aviation services and aviation-related services at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. Lapses 6/30/2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to assess progress toward the policy goals identified by the Long Term Care Commission and to formulate recommendations on how the State can meet these goals. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery. (SD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to establish in the office of the long-term care ombudsman five full-time (5.0 FTE) ombudsman positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA. Requires the executive office on aging to convene a working group to update the state plan on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by identifying the best practices and standards of dementia training in care facilities. Requires report to the legislature. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. Establishes an outreach program in the department of health to inform physicians and appropriate non-physician practitioners participating in medicare that comprehensive care planning services for those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is a covered benefit under medicare. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM. Reduces from thirty to twenty the total number of hours per week an individual must be employed to be a qualified caregiver under the kupuna caregivers program from thirty to twenty. Appropriates funds for the proper implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MINORS. Expands conditions for a minor to consent to no-cost emergency shelter and related services, establish certain requirements by a shelter, and requires effort to leave a shelter for minors on each island. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILY OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. Requires the Department of Human Services to work with the Department of Public Safety to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS, PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND INJUNCTIONS. Clarifies that the effective period of a protective order, temporary restraining order, or injunction restraining any party from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing a minor may extend to a date after the minor has reached 18 years of age.
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RELATING TO BULLYING. Requires public middle school principals to select public middle school teachers to attend evidence-informed or evidence-based and culturally relevant bullying intervention training sessions. Requires the selected public middle school teachers to provide training on bullying intervention to other public school and public charter school employees in the teacher's respective school district. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Requires all state correctional facilities to allow family members to engage in contact visitation with inmates at any state correctional facility during official visiting hours. Provides that the correctional facility shall provide each inmate with the opportunity for a minimum of two in-person, contact visits per week, with each visit lasting at least one hour. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a task force within the Department of Health to identify therapies and home- and community-based care services that may benefit persons having fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, including therapies and treatments that may benefit them as adults. Requires the task force to recommend any necessary policy changes, rule changes, or legislation to increase access to these therapies and services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DECEPTIVE PRACTICES. Prohibits a person from advertising or conducting a live musical performance through the use of deceptive affiliation under certain conditions. Enables action against deceptive practices by imposing penalties and private right of action. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO KALAUPAPA MONTH. Designates January as "Kalaupapa month." Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Requires the Sea Grant College Program, with the Department of Health, to develop and conduct a two-year comprehensive statewide outreach program that provides science-based information and understanding of sewage contamination sources in nearshore marine areas; increases understanding of sewage capacity needs; and informs all stakeholders of appropriate solutions for cesspool conversion. Requires the Water Resources Research Center to research wastewater system technologies to determine the most cost-effective way to upgrade cesspools in Hawaii and reduce their impact on drinking water and groundwater. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS. Establishes greater shoreline setback requirements. Effective 12/31/33. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LESS THAN LETHAL FORCE. Requires the Department of Public Safety to review its policies and procedures governing the use of force, weapons, and equipment. Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to review the Department's use of force training. Appropriates funds for training, equipment, and related records management for the Department. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires certain tow operators to provide a written disclosure of certain information and an itemization of charges prior to attaching a disabled vehicle to the tow truck in certain circumstances. Takes effect on 1/20/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district except in emergency circumstances to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health. Requires no less than a one-half mile buffer zone for the construction, modification, or expansion of a waste or disposal facility. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION. Allows the Hawaiian homes commission or the department of Hawaiian home lands to retain independent legal counsel as needed. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for Imi Hoola student stipends or for other Imi Hoola student support programs at the discretion of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health of the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture of Employees' Retirement System benefits of an ERS member, former member, or retirant upon conviction of the individual for a felony related to the State or county employment of the individual. Authorizes designated beneficiaries to receive ERS benefits upon the death of the ERS member, former member, or retirant convicted of the felony. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EXPLOSION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. Appropriates an unspecified sum to certain county police departments for the purchase and deployment of explosion detection technology to assist departments in locating and responding to explosions caused by illegal use of firearms and fireworks. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the State Council on Mental Health to include an unspecified number of members with demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving native Hawaiian concepts of well-being, culturally grounded mental health methodologies, or traditional healing or health practices. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DOWN PAYMENTS. Establishes within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation a current and returning resident down payment program to provide matching funds for the down payment on a primary residence. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD3)
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the office of Hawaiian affairs, board of trustees, by residency and non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names within those groupings. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to recognize that game mammals and game birds can provide a sustainable food source when properly managed in appropriate areas that minimize their impacts to important watershed areas and functions as well as to native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and the resources those practices rely upon, and that the State's unique relationship with the ocean requires a careful consideration and management of land and ocean activities that prioritize the public trust responsibilities of the State, including but not limited to the conservation of natural resources for future generations and the protection of native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices pursuant to article XI, section 1 and article XII, section 7, of the Hawaii State Constitution. Requires each department, office, or agency of the State to update its rules and policies to integrate the local hunting and fishing industries into any food security or sustainability strategies that department, office, or agency employs. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MANSLAUGHTER. Authorizes manslaughter prosecutions of persons who cause the death of another person by recklessly operating a motor vehicle with .08 or more grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of breath or .08 or more grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters or cubic centimeters of blood. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Repeals the sunset provision of Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, permanently codifying the amendments to the sections 514B‑105, 514B-146, and 667-94, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ROOFING CONTRACTORS. Prohibits roofing contractors from offering to pay, in any monetary form, an insured's insurance deductible as an incentive to encourage the insured to hire the contractor. Allows insureds to rescind contracts with roofing contractors within five business days of receiving notification from an insurer that all or any part of a claim or contract is not a covered loss under the insured's insurance policy. Allows the Contractors License Board to revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a contractor's license if the contractor performs as a public adjuster without a public adjuster license. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL SERVICE BILLING. Establishes billing requirements for unanticipated medical billing and unanticipated coverage gaps of patients for out-of-network emergency services received from non-participating providers. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to refer certain disputes between insurers and non-participating providers to an independent dispute resolution entity for binding arbitration. Effective 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. Clarifies the definition of the practice of medicine to provide uniformity of practice for both medical and osteopathic physicians. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals the sunset provision of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, making permanent the amendments to sections 514B-71(a), 514B-72(a), and 514B-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the restricted access area within a medical cannabis retail dispensary. Clarifies violations related to medical cannabis dispensaries. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Extends the state-funded medical assistance provided to pregnant women for up to 1 year post-pregnancy in certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for a Climate Change and Human Health Adaptation Coordinator within the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION. Amends the factors the director of commerce and consumer affairs must consider when determining whether cable service should be made available upon a new application of a cable franchise. Requires that the director require cable operators to provide cable service to residences in their service area where there is a minimum density of at least twenty-five homes per linear mile, with certain exceptions. Authorizes the director to grant waivers. Effective 1/2/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Addresses the disposition of salvaged motor vehicles by authorizing the county directors of finance to issue certificates of ownership and salvage certificate to expedite the disposal of the vehicles under specified circumstances. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the cost of auto-injectable epinephrine based on appropriate weight-based dosage for insured persons eighteen years of age or younger, beginning 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SCREEN TIME AWARENESS. Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to create and host a website and launch a public education campaign on the effects of excessive digital image screen time on children and teens. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAID BENEFITS. Makes an appropriation to restore certain adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Requires maximization of federal matching funds and pursuit of all known funding sources prior to expending general revenue funds appropriated. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE TRANSITIONS CLINIC NETWORK PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Human Services to procure the services of a master contractor. Requires the master contractor to implement and operate a transitions clinic network pilot program. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Allows community rehabilitation programs for persons with disabilities to be considered qualified under the State's procurement code without requiring federal and state certification that authorizes the payment of a subminimum wage to workers in their program. Requires a qualified community rehabilitation program to maintain a certain disabled to non-disabled employee ratio. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate 2 mobile clinics to serve homeless persons; provided that 1 of the mobile clinics shall be allocated to the county with the largest land mass. Requires matching funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GUIDE DOGS. Appropriates funds for the planning and design of a professional training facility for guide dogs and other professionally trained career dogs on a designated portion of the state animal quarantine facility in Halawa valley on Oahu. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to identify best practices for the treatment of little fire ants in conjunction with the Hawaii Ant Lab. Requires the Department of Agriculture to post on its website best practices for the treatment of little fire ants. Allows the Pest Control Board to revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license for violation of any best practice identified by the Department of Agriculture. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes naturopathic physicians with the same authority as physicians and advanced practice registered nurses in regards to providing written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Establishes a Hawaii Hope Card Program within the Department of the Attorney General to issue cards verifying a person's long-term protective order. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes in the Department of Education an education research and development revolving fund to support the research and development of innovative curriculum, instructional materials, and related technologies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Broadens the purposes for which indirect costs incurred by the Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, or a charter authorizer from federal grants may be reimbursed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION DATA. Requires the Department of Education to establish a standardized data collection process; collect and analyze data relating to, among other things, student discipline, seclusion, and restraint, school climate, and student achievement; and annually report certain information to the Board of Education, Legislature, and the public. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Appropriates funds for teacher compensation as negotiated and executed in a memorandum of understanding between the Superintendent of Education and the exclusive representative of collective bargaining unit (5) for an experimental modernization project pursuant to section 78-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs, or some combination thereof. Appropriates funds to help address classroom teacher shortage differentials and for teacher fringe benefit costs. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM. Establishes the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program task force, tasked with evaluating a retirement savings plan for non-government employees and reports findings and recommendations to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Task force dissolves on 3/15/2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Provides family leave insurance benefits and extends period of family leave to 16 weeks for businesses that employs one or more employees who meet the hourly qualifications. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for the Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research Program, Manufacturing Assistance Program, and Excelerator Program. Establishes and appropriates funds for a working group to develop a strategic plan for a climate innovation technology park to be located at Coconut Island and to recommend other opportunities for the State to invest in technology to combat climate change. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING. Adds members of the clergy, commercial computer technicians, commercial film and photographic print or image processors, and persons employed by organizations that have direct contact with or supervision of children to the categories of persons who are required to report child abuse and neglect to the Department of Human Services or to police. Provides a "safe harbor" through December 31, 2020, for reporting by clergy of known or suspected child abuse that was previously unreported and that did not arise during a penitential communication. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. Establishes the time of transfer individual wastewater system inspection program to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of the property's sale or transfer. Excludes certain sales or transfers.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSITION OF THE OAHU REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FROM THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Commences the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System in its entirety from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health, beginning with the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System's budget into the Department of Health. Establish a working group of the Oahu Regional Health Care System, Department of Health, and other stakeholders that shall be responsible for managing and implementing the processes required to effectuate the completion of the transition. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Health to repurpose unused state facilities to provide short-term residential beds to allow the stabilization, triage, and assessment of patients in need of services for mental health conditions, substance use, or homelessness. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIAL FUND. Authorizes the mental health and substance abuse special fund to be used for certain capital improvements. Requires the Department of Health to identify, among other things, capital improvement projects that should be made with moneys from the mental health and substance abuse special fund to improve the continuum of care for behavioral health and submit a report to the Legislature. Repeals on 6/30/2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Replaces the term "accident" with collision for purposes of certain provisions of the statewide traffic code. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. Prohibits the owner of an animal, and the owner's employees, from performing any surgical procedure, including but not limited to surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking on the animal without being licensed as a veterinarian. Makes intentionally or knowingly performing any surgical procedure on a pet animal by any person not licensed as a veterinarian guilty of a class C felony. Specifies that accepted veterinary practices and cropping or docking as customarily practiced, shall not be considered cruelty to animals in the first degree if performed by a licensed veterinarian. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Includes use of a castration band to inhumanely neuter a dog, cat, or other pet animal, excluding caged birds, under the offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Establishes the criminal offense of trespassing on critical electrical infrastructure property. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds, regardless of the type of firearm with which the magazine is compatible, except for magazines that was legally possessed prior to this Act. Prohibits the sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition, except by means of inheritance, of such large-capacity magazines. Makes an exception for possession and use by law enforcement agencies and officers. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Establishes procedures for the use of administrative and disciplinary segregation in correctional facilities. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Authorizes the Director of Public Safety to withhold certain information regarding deaths at correctional facilities or community correctional centers. Requires the director to include in the report regarding the death that is submitted to the governor the decedent's name and a description of the circumstances and cause of death of the individual. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes the broadband infrastructure grant program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to award grants to applicants to extend deployment of infrastructure used to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FORESTRY. Appropriates funds for the forest stewardship program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to increase plant stocks, invest in public outreach, and renovate the equipment and facilities of the state tree nursery. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMPOSTING. Establishes a class of artisan-scale composting operations exempt from department of health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ACCESS TO PUBLIC PROPERTY. Prohibits the obstruction of access to beaches. Creates a one hundred dollar penalty for the first conviction of obstructing access to public property. Effective 12/31/33. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE YOUTH VAPING EPIDEMIC. Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products. Prohibits mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine. Establishes fines and penalties for violations. Authorizes a court to impose, as a penalty on a person eighteen to twenty-one years of age who is convicted of possession of a tobacco product or electronic smoking device, the requirement to complete a tobacco education program, complete a tobacco use cessation program, or perform community service instead of paying a fine. Requires a parent or guardian of a minor to select from among the penalties for a minor convicted of possession of a tobacco product or electronic smoking device. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a comprehensive category of reproductive health services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures. Prohibits discrimination in the provision of reproductive health care services. Effective 1/2/2021. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPISTS. Beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium commencing July 1, 2022, and every biennial renewal thereafter, requires massage therapy licensees to complete twelve hours of continuing education within the two-year period preceding the renewal date, two hours of which shall include first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or emergency related courses. Updates advertising restrictions and penalties. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Beginning 1/1/2021, exempts medical services provided by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of a primary care provider from the general excise tax. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or condition of employment based on the person's status as a medical cannabis cardholder, under certain conditions. Specifies that an employer may use a fit for duty test as a tool for medical cannabis users in potentially dangerous occupations. Exempts certain occupations. Effective 1/2/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE. Clarifies and updates the scope of practice and licensure requirements for acupuncture practitioners. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Changes the aggregate cap amount of the tax credit for research activities to an unspecified amount. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MARINE DEBRIS. Appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and implement a marine debris collection pilot program. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for research and development of specialized equipment for the effective and efficient removal of plastic marine debris from beaches and shorelines. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Requires employers to educate employees regarding seizure first aid with information provided by department of labor and industrial relations. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Requires retailers of household appliances to conspicuously display available energy efficiency rebates and state-specific energy operation costs. Effective 10/1/2020.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS. Requires all public meetings of the Board of Regents to be recorded in live digital audio format by May 1, 2021, and in digital video beginning September 1, 2021. Requires all recording to be archived and made available to the public. Requires the Board of Regents to determine its accessibility obligations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act and comply with those obligations. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENTS FOR STATE CONTRIBUTIONS. Specifies exemptions for the University of Hawaii from sections 87A-39 and 88-125, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to enhance transparency and accountability regarding fringe benefit reimbursement exemptions under the cost-sharing agreement between the University of Hawaii and Department of Budget and Finance. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Establishes minimum requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices by dental assistants. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Permits qualifying patients to be reimbursed by health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations for amounts spent on medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products. Limits the monthly amount of reimbursement. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment-based small dollar loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans. Beginning 1/1/2022, requires licensure for small dollar lenders that offer small dollar loans to consumers. Specifies licensing requirements for small dollar lenders. Authorizes the division of financial institutions to appoint 2.0 FTE examiner positions, funded via the compliance resolution fund, to carry out the purposes of the small dollar installment loan program. Requires check cashers to be registered with DCCA and to offer a voluntary payment plan to customers under certain circumstances. Establishes the terms of voluntary payment plans. Clarifies that a customer may only have one outstanding deferred deposit transaction from any source. Amends notices to customers required of check cashers. Removes the exemption for persons engaged in the bona fide retail sale of goods or services. Requires the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct an analysis of the regulation of payday lenders and deferred deposit agreements in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ESTATE TAX INFLATION ADJUSTMENT. Requires Hawaii's estate tax applicable exclusion amount to be calculated by utilizing the federal Internal Revenue Service inflation adjustment mechanism. Applies to decedents dying and taxable transfers occurring after 12/31/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Amends provisions relating to criteria and procedures in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that a parent's felony conviction for a violent or sexual offense in which the victim was a minor, or requirement to register as a sex offender, raises a rebuttable presumption that custody or visitation by that parent is not in the best interest of the child. Establishes that a person who is granted unsupervised contact with a child and who is required to register as a sex offender as a result of a felony conviction in which the victim was a minor constitutes prima facie evidence that the child is at significant risk. Requires courts to state reasons for findings in writing or on the record, including specific findings that there is no risk to the child's health, safety, and welfare. Takes effect 8/26/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Includes agents of candidates listed on ballots among the persons prohibited from providing voting assistance at voter service centers and in the use of absentee ballots. Takes effect 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SPORTS OFFICIALS. Allows the court to enjoin a defendant from attending any sports event of the type at which the offense occurred for up to twelve months when convicted of certain assault or terroristic threatening and the victim of the offense is a sports official engaged in the lawful discharge of the sports officials' duties. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Exempts affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, and affordable housing projects developed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority from 50% of school impact fee requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. Appropriates an unspecified sum to the Hawaii health systems corporation to expand the Kau Rural Health Clinic to improve access to urgent care and outpatient behavioral health services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AMBULANCES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the purchase of one advanced life support ambulance based in Makalei in the county of Hawaii, and related equipment and personnel costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY. Appropriates funds as a subsidy to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes county land use decision-making authorities to amend district boundaries involving land areas greater than fifteen acres, except non important agricultural land or rural land areas greater than fifteen acres but no more than twenty-five acres if the land areas are proposed for reclassification to the urban district and at least sixty per cent of the land areas will be dedicated for the development of affordable housing. Effective 12/31/33. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources division of forestry and wildlife for invasive species technician positions in the county of Hawaii to address invasive plants and animals. Effective 12/31/33. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COFFEE BERRY BORER. Extends the sunset date for the Coffee Berry Borer Pesticide Subsidy Program until 6/30/2025, for the purchase of pesticides containing Beauveria bassiana to combat the coffee berry borer. Extends the program manager position to 6/30/2026. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD RENTERS CREDIT. Creates income brackets for the low-income renter tax credit. Provides for adjustment of the tax credit amount based on the consumer price index. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes an Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide loans to nonprofit housing development organizations, and community development financial institutions for the development of affordable homeownership housing projects. Makes an appropriation into and out of the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Increases the amount of the tax credit for individuals and households and the adjusted gross income eligibility cap for the income tax credit for low-income household renters using tax brackets for individuals and different categories of households and providing for annual increases based on the consumer price index. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires state agencies to participate in a carbon offset program to offset carbon emissions caused by their employees' air travel. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Budget and Finance to establish and administer a carbon offset program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MONETARY OBLIGATIONS. Prohibits the imposition of restrictions on a person's ability to obtain or renew a driver's license or to register, renew the registration of, or transfer or receive title to a motor vehicle, as a consequence of unpaid monetary obligations. Does not affect driver's license suspensions related to excessive speeding, lack of motor vehicle insurance, or non-compliance with a child support order. Effective 9/1/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF DEFENDANTS. Permits judicial discretion for referral to a diversion program or treatment court should the defendant have serious and persistent mental health illness. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Establishes the offense of unauthorized attachment of an object to a fence, gate, wall, or other structure, which is committed when a person knowingly attaches an object to a fence, gate, wall, or other structure or barrier without the owner's permission. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FIREARMS AMMUNITION. Prohibits any person from selling ammunition or shell casings for any firearm unless the purchaser first demonstrates that they are the registered owner of the firearm for which the ammunition or shell casings are to be purchased. Authorizes registered owners to designate a person as an alternate on the gun registration only for the purpose of purchasing ammunition. Requires the licensing of sellers of ammunition and provides for the identification and proper permitting of purchasers or possessors of ammunition. Regulate ammunition in the same manner as firearms. Requires the Attorney General to update registration forms. Effective 1/1/2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY. Requires publicly held domestic and foreign corporations to includes certain numbers of females among their boards of directors. Authorizes administrative fines for noncompliance. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to establish, implement, and evaluate a statewide program for early identification of, and intervention for, lead poisoning in infants. Requires insurers to provide coverage for the testing. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Amends the offense of abuse of family or household members to provide for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor penalties. Allows a deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest plea in misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse penalties. Requires the Judiciary to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the number and outcome of abuse of family or household members cases. Sunsets five years after enactment. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TOWING. Clarifies meaning of existing statute relating to towing of abandoned vehicles by adding definitions; requires tow and storage companies to accept credit cards; includes penalties consistent with unfair practices per chapter 480, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Adjusts the method of calculating average weekly wages for workers' compensation claims. Effective 7/1/51. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Includes coercion as a means of committing the offense of sex trafficking. Removes the criminal statute of limitations for sex trafficking and promoting prostitution. Specifies that sex trafficking of a minor is a strict liability offense. Repeals the offense of solicitation of a minor for prostitution. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Establishes the landlord incentive program special fund to reimburse land owners who participate in the section 8 housing choice voucher program for repair costs of tenant-caused property damage when the repair costs exceed the tenant's security deposit. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Clarifies that lands set aside to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation by the governor or leased to the corporation by other state departments and agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands". Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to dispose of public lands pursuant to chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies that lands set aside by the governor or leased to the Hawaii housing finance development corporation from other state agencies are subject to legislative approval prior to the sale or gift of those lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TOUR AIRCRAFT. Amends section 261-12 to require tour aircraft operations permit applicants to have aircraft that are outfitted with FAA approved safety devices. Prohibits tour aircraft permit holders from allowing the noise footprint of their aircraft to enter any occupied property. Requires denial of permit or rescission of permit if requirements are not met. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends section 201H-38 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to clarify that the section does not require income restrictions for projects that are built for Hawaii residents, who will be owner-occupants in perpetuity, and who own no other property. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Clarifies that the request for dedication for infrastructure is to connect an eligible affordable housing's infrastructure to the county's infrastructure. Authorizes a licensed private building inspector, contracted by the state or county, to certify compliance with county standards. Effective 06/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO UTILITY TRANSMISSION LINES. Exempts a public utility from seeking approval from the public utilities commission to place, construct, erect, or build a high-voltage electric transmission system under certain circumstances. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates the position of the state housing coordinator. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT LAW. Requires a supplemental environmental assessment or supplemental environmental impact statement after the passage of 15 years from the date of the determination of a finding of no significant impact or the acceptance of the statement, if the proposed action is not implemented. Exempts actions involving a renewable energy project from this requirement. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Establishes that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.
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RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Increases the percentage of the land conservation fund that may be used for costs related to the operation, maintenance, and management of lands acquired by the fund. Increases the maximum dollar amount of the conveyance tax distribution to the land conservation fund. Appropriates funds from the land conservation fund for resource land acquisition. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Requires a vulnerable coastal property purchaser statement to be executed by the purchaser or transferee with the sale or transfer of vulnerable coastal real estate. Effective 12/31/33. (SD1)
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include identification of residential real properties lying within the sea level rise exposure area. Effective 11/1/2020. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CROSSWALKS. Requires a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.
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RELATING TO INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Establishes the right of postsecondary student athletes in intercollegiate athletics to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS. Specifies that the family court has jurisdiction in proceedings concerning the custody or guardianship of an immigrant child pursuant to a motion for Special Immigrant Juvenile factual findings requesting a determination that the child was abused, neglected, or abandoned before the age of 18.
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE. Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to further address and make recommendations regarding sea level rise. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax from $5 to $8 for any county with a resident population of more than 125,000, but less than 195,000. Sets aside the revenue from the increased surcharge tax for capacity projects in that county. With regards to the County of Maui, prioritizes funds collected pursuant to this Act to be used for the Honoapiilani highway realignment project. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui College's Office of International and Regional Partnerships to subsidize travel expenses and tuition for students who wish to study abroad. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TEACHER EDUCATION. Establishes a network improvement community task force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teacher education degree at the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE NA WAI EHA WATERSHED. Appropriates money out of the land conservation fund for the acquisition of the Na Wai Eha watershed in Wailuku, Maui. Requires the County of Maui to provide matching funds for the land acquisition or for the purchase of the associated water systems and easements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT. Changes tax credit allocation for partnerships and corporations. Makes inoperative at-risk and passive activity loss rules with respect to certain low-income buildings. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates the housing incentive fund to be administered by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Allows the fund to be seeded with general obligation bonds. Establishes an income tax credit for individuals or corporations who contribute to the fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GREEN FEES. Requires the office of planning to prepare a feasibility and implementation plan on assessing tourism green fees. Makes an appropriation. Effective 12/31/2033. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS. Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts, except for real estate investment trusts that provide affordable housing in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Sunsets 12/31/2023. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS. Grants county agencies the right to enter property to investigate agricultural buildings and structures for violations of and compliance with building code exemption qualifications.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Temporarily authorizes the Board of Agriculture to decide on a case-by-case basis which entities qualify for a non-agricultural park lease. Establishes conditions and qualifications for a lease. Includes reporting requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates a grant program and appropriates funds for a program to assist beginning farmers or ranchers to start commercial farm or ranch operations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to one hundred per cent cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for acquiring cover crop seeds or green manure. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program manager position within the Department of Agriculture to administer the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT. Extends the time that the department of agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural costs from 2021 to 2030. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Amends certain land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land, as recommended pursuant to Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to ensure agricultural lands that are organized under a condominium property regime are used for agricultural purposes.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture. Establishes the agricultural enterprise program. Establishes the Agricultural Enterprise Special Fund. Requires the Board of Agriculture to annually report an accounting of non-agricultural park lessees to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes an appropriation to fund one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) agricultural appraiser position within the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish a foreign agriculture small equipment pilot program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Updates the laws on agricultural cooperative associations and consumer cooperative associations with regard to, among other things, operations as resale agents, and conversions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Establishes the Invasive Species Rapid Response Trust Fund for rapid responses to invasive species emergencies. Requires the Invasive Species Council to include an accounting of moneys expended in its annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SHARK PROTECTION. Establishes an offense of knowingly capturing, possessing, abusing, entangling, or killing a shark in state marine waters, along with penalties and fines. Provides certain exemptions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF AN ANIMAL. Amends the Penal Code to establish the crime of sexual assault of an animal. Provides that the sexual assault of an animal is a class C felony or a class B felony if the offense subjects a minor to sexual contact with an animal or is committed in the presence of a minor. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to work in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to increase feral pig control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits the expenditure of state funds by state agencies for the purchase of beverages in plastic bottles or rigid plastic containers, except under certain circumstances. Amends Chapter 342H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Health to implement the auditor's recommendations for the deposit beverage container program, including developing a risk-based selection process to select reports submitted by distributors and redemption centers for audit. (SD1)
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RELATING TO A FOOD HUB PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a 5-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food. Provides for the award of grant funding to qualified applicants wishing to establish or expand a food hub. Requires reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for the GoFarm Hawaii program. Requires GoFarm Hawaii to provide the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture with an annual report of the program's goals and a semi-annual report outlining program outputs and outcomes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LEAD-BASED PAINT. Prohibits the use of lead-based paint on outdoor structures after 12/31/21.
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RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS. Exempts a beverage dealer who is located in a high density population area from operating a redemption center if the dealer is located within 1 mile of a certified redemption center operated independently of the dealer. Requires the department of health to annually adjust the handling fees for the deposit beverage container program to an amount not less than the handling fee in the prior calendar year as adjusted by percentage changes in the Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area. Takes effect 7/1/2023. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ‘ULU. Appropriates funds for the research, development, marketing, and conservation of ‘ulu. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for ornamental and landscape entomology specialist, plant pathologist extension specialist, and pesticide extension specialist positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THEFT. Establishes the offense of theft of catalytic converter as a class C felony. Defines "catalytic converter." Requires scrap dealers to follow the same requirements regarding a written statement for the purchase of palladium, platinum, rhodium, and a scrap catalytic converter from which some or all of the catalyst metals have been removed as is required for the purchase of copper, beer kegs, and urns. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BOTTLED WATER. Repeals the requirement that noncarbonated bottled water be transported, stored, processed, or bottled through lines or equipment through which only water is passed.
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT ACT. Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee as part of the applicant screening process for renting residential property. Limits the amount that may be charged for an application screening fee. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant.
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RELATING TO PUEO RESEARCH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources on a state-wide species assessment of pueo populations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRAILS. Requires government entities that engage in search and rescue operations to seek reimbursement when the rescued person required search and rescue efforts because that person acted in disregard of that person's safety, including intentionally disregarding a warning or notice. Creates a penalty for restricting public access to a trail. Creates a penalty for entering or remaining unlawfully on a trail or state land that has been closed to public use. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SPORTS MEDICINE. Provides a limited exemption from state licensure requirements to out-of-state physicians who accompany a sports team to a specific sporting event in Hawaii or are invited to provide services at a national sport training center, event, or competition in Hawaii, if certain conditions are met. Requires out-of-state physicians to provide notice to the Hawaii medical board.
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RELATING TO PAYMENTS OF SUPPORT. Includes tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the employer and reported or declared to the employer under the definition of income withheld by employers for payments of child or spousal support. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE FUEL TANK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Requires the fuel tank advisory committee to meet twice within a same calendar year at least six months apart.
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Directs the Department of Health to require the Clean Water Branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories, inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories, and establish an Environmental Management Division Oversight Advisory Board. Requires and appropriates funds to the Auditor to conduct a performance and management audit of the Environmental Management Division. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL. Establishes the environmental council special fund. Dedicates a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax revenue to the environmental council special fund. Appropriates funds to the environmental council special fund from the environmental response revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO OFFSHORE DRILLING. Prohibits offshore drilling for oil or natural gas in state marine waters. Prohibits issuance of permits for or in connection with the development or operation of any facility or infrastructure associated with offshore drilling for oil or natural gas in state waters.
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RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Prohibits the intentional release of balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Requires the Department of Education to establish a plant-based food and beverage program to award funds to participating public schools who serve meals that include plant-based food options or plant-based milk options, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION FEES. Reduces the annual vehicle registration fee by fifty per cent for disabled veterans who are fifty per cent or more disabled but less than one hundred per cent disabled. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for research and prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Authorizes the department of health to issue permits to medical cannabis dispensaries for the delivery of medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products to qualifying patients or primary caregivers if certain conditions are met. Authorizes the department of health to issue medical cannabis transporter licenses in specific situations. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Extends the lapse date of the appropriation for disaster relief to address flooding in Kauai and in other areas of the State made by Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to June 30, 2021. Changes the appropriation amounts made by Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to unspecified amounts. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DRUG OFFENSES. Establishes a new misdemeanor offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the fourth degree, to include possession of dangerous drugs in amounts under two grams. Limits the class C felony offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree to include possession of dangerous drugs in an amount of two grams or more. Takes effect 8/1/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Makes housekeeping amendments to elections laws to clarify the administration of elections by mail. Renames districts as precincts. Extends voter registration deadlines. Requires additional voter service centers on election day. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY. Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position, operating costs, and equipment to support the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in administering the Address Confidentiality Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE KALAUPAPA MEMORIAL. Appropriates funds for the design, plans, and construction of the Kalaupapa memorial. Effective 7/1/2051 (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Establishes rules, regulations, and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State. Makes permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for certain transit-oriented development projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Clarifies that agriculture activities in non-agricultural park lands may include the care and production of pasture lands. Requires the transfer of certain lands from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to accept and return to its land inventory, any parcel or portion thereof, transferred pursuant to this Act that the Department of Agriculture has determined to be unsuitable or unnecessary for agricultural use. Requires reports to the Legislature on implementing the land transfers, addressing the concerns about stewardship, and compliance with the land transfers. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HILO MEDICAL CENTER. Makes an appropriation for the equipment and construction of a second full-time catheterization laboratory at the Hilo medical center in the Hawaii health systems corporation east Hawaii region. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO WASTE. Requires cooperative housing corporations and unit owners' associations of high-rise condominium properties to provide at least one waste cooking oil receptacle in an easily accessible location on the property to allow residents to deposit grease and waste cooking oil. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires a study regarding renewable gas to determine economic and technical feasibility of the use of renewable gas by gas utility companies. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Increases the cap amount of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit for solar energy systems for multi-family residential properties from $350 to $750. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDITS. Increases the cap amount of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit for solar water heating systems installed and placed in service for multi-family residential property. Beginning 1/1/2025, eliminates the renewable energy technologies income tax credit for solar energy systems for which the primary purpose is not to heat water. Preserves the tax credit for solar energy systems installed and placed in service pursuant to a power purchase agreement for commercial properties that was approved by the Public Utilities Commission prior to 12/31/2019. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Prohibits the President of the University of Hawaii from serving concurrently as a campus chancellor. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture for 3 full time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspectors to perform meat inspection services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Requires DHHL to develop and implement a loan servicing manual. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RECORDATION TRANSACTION FEES. Expands the uses of the transaction fee for recordings in the bureau of conveyances and land court authorized under Act 120, SLH 2009. Applies the fee to all services rendered by the bureau pursuant to chapters 501 and 502, HRS. Repeals the transaction fee upon the earlier of the effective date of adoption of rules by the Department of Land and Natural Resources or 7/1/2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WATER. Specifies that fire safety use is a beneficial use of water. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to cooperate with the counties and reservoir owners to develop protocols and agreements for the use of reservoir waters for fire safety purposes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE. Gives agencies more flexibility and online options to provide enhanced digital services to the public in order to better serve the public and businesses. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STEERING COMMITTEE. Preserves the continuity of the information technology steering committee to properly administer section 27-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, while redefining the composition of the committee. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Stadium Authority for payroll, various repair and maintenance costs, contracts for services, and operating equipment. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT. Revises emergency procurement laws to add equipment failures, repairs to public property to protect against further loss of, or damage to, public property, to prevent or minimize serious disruption in continued functioning of government services. Replaces approval by chief procurement officer with an accounting report to the Legislature within 60 days after the procurement is made. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Changes the amounts to be posted for a protest bond from a flat fee for contracts under $1,000,000 to a percentage of the estimated value of the contract. Increases the percentage for contracts with estimated value of $1,000,000 or more. Repeals the cap on the maximum amount of the protest bond. Adds a sunset provision. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BOARD. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board. Establishes deadlines for the completion of board responsibilities. Appropriates funds to enable the board to accomplish its mission. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily Revenue Bond authorization ceiling amount to continue financing affordable rental housing statewide. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP REVOLVING LOAN FUND. Enables use of funds for environmental site assessments and for sub-grants to eligible entities for assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit's exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. (SD1)
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit's exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit's exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019-2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit's exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021 (SD1)
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit's exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. (SD2)
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the exclusive representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative, for fiscal biennium 2019‑2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND EMPLOYEE-BENEFICIARY MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS. Amends section 87A-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to mandate that new retired employees pay their share of health benefits premiums through monthly electronic deductions from their Employees' Retirement System pension or their financial institution. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Clarifies how compensation is calculated for the purposes of retirement benefits. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS. Amendments to clarify benefits to alternate payees, advisory review determinations of Hawaii Domestic Relations Orders and the priority of multiple orders. Effective date 7/1/51. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING TRUST FUNDS. Allows the Contractors License Board and the Real Estate Commission to make findings and make adjustments of recovery fund and education fund fees when fund levels are adequate to carry out the statutory mandates for which the funds were created. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS RECOVERY FUND. Increases the monetary amount an injured homeowner may recover from the Contractors Recovery Fund.
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RELATING TO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the Safe Home Program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to single-family, owner-occupied, residential property owners upon certain circumstances. Creates one temporary position within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to implement and administer the Safe Home Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Allows mixed martial arts promoters to pay fighters with cash.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends various portions of Hawaii Revised Statutes title 24 to update and improve existing Insurance Code provisions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. Clarifies that the practicum internship experience requirement shall be included with the course work in counseling requirement for mental health counselors. Clarifies the supervision requirements of licensure for mental health counselors by permitting applicants to fulfill all or part of their face-to-face clinical supervision requirement by a videoconference service. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY. Authorizes the Board of Massage Therapy to promulgate and enforce sanitation rules for massage establishments. Repeals section 452-19(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in favor of existing statutes that already treat unlicensed activity as a misdemeanor. Increases the minimum fine from $100 to $250 and the maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,000 for each violation.
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RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN RECOVERY FUND. Expands the pool of persons eligible to receive restitution from the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund. (SD1)
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RELATING TO STATE SERVICE FEES. Applies section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to all fees collected by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PEER REVIEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. Clarifies the role of the Board of Public Accountancy in selecting members to serve on the Board's Peer Review Oversight Committee.
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RELATING TO CEMETERY AUTHORITY EXEMPTION. Clarifies that churches granted an exemption under section 441-22.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are exempt from all requirements of chapter 441, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and that other exempted entities shall comply with any provision of this chapter upon order of the Director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION SPECIAL FUND CARRYOVER BALANCE. Increases the balance that may be retained in the public utilities commission special fund at the end of each fiscal year from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. Establishes and appropriates funds from the hazard mitigation special fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. Converts the public information officer, civil defense administrative officer, branch chiefs, and emergency operations center state warning point personnel in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Establishes a Long-term Recovery Authority to work with the State Disaster Recovery Coordinator to enhance the capacity of the government, relevant agencies, and the community to recover from the impacts of disasters and build resilience and sustainability in the State. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. Establishes a Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee for public safety communications and the position of the Statewide Interoperable Communications Coordinator. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES. Establishes the Office of Youth Services revolving fund. Requires the Office of Youth Services to provide commercial enterprise vocational programs, including the sale of goods and services, to young adults to promote self-sustainability. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE. Adds immunity from civil and criminal liability for individuals who provide information or assistance in child abuse investigations. Effective 6/30/2020. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. Amends the definition of "chronically homeless" to provide clarity and improve the delivery and development of homeless services. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Clarifies the allowable relationships the caregiver must have to be considered related to a child in care; clarifies that a program that provides exclusively for a specialized training or skill development shall be for children who are eligible pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve in public or private schools; clarifies that minimum health and safety requirements or standards as required by federal law may be imposed on any of the groups in section 346-152, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that provide child care for a child whose family receives a child care subsidy from the department; clarifies that the burden of proof is upon the caregiver or facility to provide verification of meeting a declared exemption under section 346-152, Hawaii Revised Statutes; clarifies that the information that may be investigated by the department to determine violations of part VIII of chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, occurred or is occurring; clarifies that the department may file a petition for a search warrant with the district court; clarifies that a search warrant may be issued to the department and the appropriate law enforcement agency to conduct an investigation; and renumbers the exemptions to appear as they were prior to Act 276, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES. Amends the marriage license statute to support the Hawaii Birth Defects Program, modernization of the vital statistics system, and operating costs of marriage license agents. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICES. Allows government agencies to publish public notice on their official website as an alternative to the newspaper. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE MEDICARE CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY SPECIAL FUND. Repeals the spending ceiling for moneys in the civil monetary penalty special fund for use by the Department of Health for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-approved compliance activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING. Amends the newborn hearing screening statute to mandate reporting of diagnostic audiologic evaluation results to improve hearing follow-up of infants. Updates definitions and terminology. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEARING AND VISION PROGRAM. Amends the hearing and vision program statute to increase the early identification of children with hearing or vision loss by establishing consistent protocols for hearing and vision screening and follow-up, screener training, and data collection for quality improvement. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON THE TURTLE BAY REIMBURSABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to expend $1,500,000 per fiscal year from the Land Conservation Fund to be used for the reimbursement of debt service on the Turtle Bay reimbursable general obligation bonds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BOATING REPORTS. Requires the fire chief and the ocean safety director of each county, in addition to the Director of Public Safety and the police chief of each county, to transmit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources a copy of every report relating to boating accidents or the theft, loss, or recovery of vessels. Requires all reports submitted pursuant to section 200-27, HRS, to be unredacted. (SD2)
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue new ocean recreation commercial permits by public auction. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LIFEGUARD SERVICES AT STATE PARK BEACHES. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to cover lifeguard service expenses incurred at state park beaches. Appropriates funds from the state parks special fund for lifeguard services at state beach parks. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Updates section 329-104(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify who may access information stored in the electronic prescription accountability system. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Requires that the dispensing of a pharmacist-prescribed opioid antagonist be reported to the State's electronic prescription accountability system. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WITHHOLDING TAX. Amends the due date for employers to file the wage and tax statement from the last day of February to January 31 following the close of the calendar year. Imposes a penalty on employers that fail to timely furnish and file, or file electronically if required, the wage and tax statement. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the transient accommodations tax law to repeal the misdemeanor penalty for failing to register and replacing it with a civil fine structure and to make various technical amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PAYMENT FOR AIRPORT CHARGES. Authorizes the use of debit cards and online electronic payment systems to pay for certain airport charges. Allows the airport or purchaser to pay for processing fees and charges. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AQUATIC BIOSECURITY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for staffing and operating expenditures for aquatic biosecurity. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CRIMES ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Imposes extended terms of imprisonment for certain offenses against property rights committed on agricultural lands. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Establishes the stadium development special fund. Establishes development guidance policies for the Stadium Authority's actions in the Stadium Development District. Requires the Stadium Authority to submit annual comprehensive reports to the Legislature. Authorizes the Stadium Authority to acquire and hold title to real property. Transfers authority to issue leases of the lands within the Stadium Development District from the Hawaii Community Development Authority to the Stadium Authority. Authorizes the Stadium Authority, with approval from the Governor, to delegate to other state agencies the implementation of capital improvement projects, under certain conditions. Repeals part IX of chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Stadium Development District. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer an ocean safety and stewardship education program for all fourth grade students. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to qualified residents. Exempts certain land from the definition of public lands. Requires HHFDC to gain legislative approval before disposing of certain lands. Requires HHFDC to transfer a number of ALOHA homes units to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Provides for the disposition of lands acquired by HHFDC, but no longer needed for the ALOHA homes program. Requires HHFDC to develop an ALOHA homes demonstration project by July 1, 2025. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE. Establishes the short-term rental assistance fund and short-term rental assistance program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the state rent supplement program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VESSELS. Makes clarifications regarding removal of unauthorized vessels on state property. Makes clarifications regarding the definition of an abandoned vessel. Changes the time limit to claim an unauthorized vessel that is impounded by the department of land and natural resources from thirty days to ten working days. Changes the time limit to claim an abandoned vessel that is impounded by a state or county agency from twenty days to ten working days. Makes abandonment of a vessel on waters of the State or public property a petty misdemeanor. Makes clarifications to auction requirements regarding abandoned vessels. Allows DLNR to charge an impound storage fee. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING. Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner wrapping or packaging labels. Effective 7/1/2021.
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RELATING TO WAGES. Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in the State for work on buildings, structures, or other private works liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner. Effective 7/1/51. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Exempts applications for a class 1 license on land designated as agricultural by state or county zoning laws and for which the majority of the agricultural commodities used in the manufacturing of the liquor are grown and produced in the State by the license holder from the automatic refusal provision that may be invoked by a majority of nearby voters or real estate owners. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii rural health care provider loan repayment program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VETERINARIANS. Provides veterinarians who provide emergency care to an animal immunity from civil liability in the absence of gross negligence. Provides veterinarians who render emergency treatment when there is no veterinarian-client-patient relationship, immunity from civil liability in the absence of gross negligence. Requires veterinarians to report to law enforcement events of animal injury, death, or abuse where there is reasonable cause to believe that it relates to dog fighting or animal abuse and gives veterinarians immunity from civil liability for making the reports. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Allows candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child care costs, under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES. Permanently authorizes the Department of Transportation under certain conditions to designate shoulders upon which the Department may authorize the driving of motorcycles.
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. Aligns the commercial driver's license qualification standards with federal regulations by repealing language related to medical waivers due to diabetes. Makes conforming amendments to Code of Federal Regulation citations.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems Program (Program). Authorizes counties to administer the Program. Requires proceeds of fines to be expended in the county from which they were collected for operation of the Program. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC FOOT SCOOTERS. Establishes a framework for the regulation of electric foot scooters by the State and counties. Amends definitions of "moped" to exclude electric foot scooters. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from tenants if it is uninhabitable. Sets a tenant's liability for rent if it is uninhabitable. Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions. Takes effect 8/26/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PARTITION ACTIONS. Requires commissioners in partition actions to file reports with the court and fully inform all interested parties of any intended applications to be filed with any department, state agency, or county to carry out the partition or division of real property, including water meter permits. Requires commissioners to provide interested parties the right to object to the report and be heard at a hearing. Requires commissioners to file a report with the court including proposed language of any deed of partition or of sale.
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to make a public disclosure identifying the names of the taxpayers who are receiving tax credits and the total amount of tax credit received for specific economic activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS. Exempts hydrogen fuels from measurement requirements of petroleum products. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF MONARCHY HISTORY. Appropriates funds for the purposes of restoration, repair, maintenance, operation, and one permanent full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) groundskeeper for Iolani Palace. Effective 7/1/51. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes criteria for industry certification awards to public high schools and appropriates funds to the Department of Education to incentivize public high schools to encourage students to obtain industry-recognized certifications. Requires the Department to submit an annual report containing specified information about the progress of the incentivization. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES. Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on‑site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the purposes of funding training, development, and consulting services for innovative project delivery. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes the ocean sciences research tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TAX CREDITS. Amends the renewable energy technologies income tax credit to clarify that solar energy systems installed and placed in service on commercial property pursuant to a power purchase agreement approved by the Public Utilities Commission prior to 12/31/2019 shall continue to receive 35% of the actual cost or $500,000 per solar energy system. Repeals the provision of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit that applies the credit to renewable energy technology systems installed and placed in service on or after 7/1/2009. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Amends the performance framework requirements for charter schools. Amends authorizers' reporting and audit requirements. Amends authorizers' responsibilities in reviewing charter applications. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TARO. Excludes up to $100,000 of income derived from taro production from the state income tax. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires the Department of Agriculture to provide annual reporting on pesticide inspection and compliance investigations. Increases monetary fines for pesticide violations. Takes effect on 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Extends the deadline for submitting the strategic plan required by Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. Extends the lapse date for funds appropriated by the Act to 6/30/2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for its efforts to mitigate and control two-lined spittlebug infestations in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST HEALTH CARE SECURITY PROFESSIONALS. Classifies the offense of assault in the second degree of a health care security professional as a class C felony. Effective January 2, 2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PENAL LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES. Requires a court to order the charter of a corporation forfeited and the certificate authorizing a foreign corporation to do business in the State revoked upon a felony or misdemeanor conviction of the corporation or its high managerial agent that is related to its business affairs. Repeals the requirement for findings for a court to order forfeiture of a charter or revocation of a certificate. Requires similar penalties for various partnership entities and limited liability companies and their foreign counterparts convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. Permits the winding up of the business. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FIREARM REGISTRATION. Requires the registration of firearms that are moved out of the State. Imposes a fine of $250 per firearm for violations. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Prohibits a retailer from selling or offering for sale combustion engine-powered mopeds beginning January 1, 2022. Effective 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Provide a three-year extension of the sunset provision in Act 38, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Repeals the sunset provision in Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Amends the nominating authority of the representatives of the Heeia community development district, Kalaeloa community development district, and Kakaako community development district on the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Provides that the Hawaii Community Development Authority shall not have jurisdiction over the development of lands under the Stadium Authority's jurisdiction. Repeals provisions relating to the stadium development district. Amends Act 268, SLH 2019, by making the Stadium Authority responsible for expending the appropriations made by that Act and authorizing the Stadium Authority, rather than the Hawaii Community Development Authority, to issue the revenue bonds authorized by that Act. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Removes the dollar amount cap to be paid into the rental housing revolving fund from state conveyance tax revenues. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 5, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes an amendment to article IX, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, to require the State to place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and to implement this provision by statute. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PRINCE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE. Requires certain public buildings on Hawaiian home lands to display portraits of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available to certain state candidates in each election. Increases the amount of voluntary state income tax check-off contributions that may be designated for the Hawaii election campaign fund beginning on 1/1/2021.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Improves the State's preparedness and response to disasters. Requires statewide inventories of hospitals, dialysis centers, and medical facilities; satellite phones; and generators to provide backup power. Appropriates funds for positions related to emergency response planning and allocation of resources and for non-perishable food in natural disasters. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION. Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. Effective 7/1/51. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available in each election to certain state candidates by 10% annually. Increases the amount of voluntary state income tax check-off contributions that may be designated for the Hawaii election campaign fund beginning on 1/1/2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. Requires the board of psychology to establish a pilot program to grant prescriptive authority to qualified psychologist applicants in counties with a population of less than 100,000 persons. Repeals on 8/31/2025. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program director position and one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) staff member position, and to provide for employee training, materials and supplies, other costs associated with the state building code council, and any costs necessary to establish a full-time office. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of various legislative agencies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2019, and ending 6/30/2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD3)
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Establishes a solid waste management goal of reducing the State's solid waste stream prior to disposal by 70% by 2030. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS. Designates the official interscholastic athletic associations for each county in the State. Excludes these interscholastic athletic associations from the standards and conditions related to the receipt of funds contained in Chapter 42F, HRS. Appropriates funds to support the continued operations of the official interscholastic athletic association for each county in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support sister state relations. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agricultural production tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Enables the Hawaii medical board to certify emergency medical responders other than emergency ambulance personnel. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS. Reestablishes La Ku‘oko‘a, Hawaiian Recognition Day, as an official state holiday. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Implements the recommendations of the Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report issued by the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and indicators. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO A SCHOOL FACILITIES AGENCY. Establishes the School Facilities Agency to be responsible for all public school development, planning, and construction, related to capital improvement projects assigned by the Legislature, Governor, or Board of Education. Places management of school impact fees with the agency. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a residential leasehold program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Exempts from the definition of public lands, lands set aside by the Governor or leased by any state department or agency to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, for the primary purposes of developing affordable housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the Legislature that identifies all state lands that may be developed for multi-unit dwellings. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the Legislature that addresses various housing concerns, including the steps necessary to end the State's housing shortage. Authorizes the issuance of $275,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for the establishment of infrastructure to support the development of housing. Appropriates $500,000 for 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) project manager positions. Authorizes a person to petition the appropriate county land use decision-making authority, rather than the Land Use Commission, for a change in the boundary of a district involving land areas between 15 acres and 25 acres where the majority of the development will be for affordable housing. Authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to delegate the responsibility of historic preservation project reviews to the impacted county. Establishes the Office of the Housing Advocate. Removes the existing statutory cap on the amount of conveyance tax revenues that are deposited into the rental housing revolving fund each fiscal year. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROPERTY. Prohibits nonresident aliens and businesses and trusts that are significantly controlled by nonresident aliens from acquiring certain residential property in the State, except as otherwise provided by law. Effective 12/31/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Defines "alternative fuel vehicle" for the purpose of annual vehicle registration surcharge fees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES. Gives preference rights for an agricultural park lot and a non-agricultural park land lease to lessees who have made a significant improvement to the land that furthers commercial agricultural operations. Adds the same preferences for a non-agricultural park land lease as those for an agricultural park lot lease. Requires the department of agriculture to define "agricultural improvement" in administrative rules. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Extends the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program and medical respite pilot program to December 31, 2021. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES OR THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, OR DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Human Services, upon approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to establish and implement a program for providing home- and community-based services to at-risk individuals having intellectual or developmental disabilities who meet certain criteria. Requires the Department to utilize any vehicle available, including a state plan amendment or waiver to the QUEST integration section 1115 demonstration project to provide home- and community-based services for individuals having intellectual or developmental disabilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Changes the income tax rates for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PRISONS. Establishes a four-year pilot program and working group within the Department of Public Safety to reduce recidivism by providing business education to inmates. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Removes limit on costs eligible for exemption from general excise tax for development costs of affordable rental housing certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Amends the appropriations and capital improvement projects authorized for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 made by Act 40, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. Amends the operating and capital improvement grants authorized by Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANTS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Community Services to contract with non‑profit service providers for legal counsel to assist and represent low—income immigrants in immigration proceedings and immigrant status issues. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PUEO DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the State Procurement Office and the Public Works Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a ten-year pilot program to enable innovative methods of procurement. Establishes an exempt innovative project delivery officer position within the Public Works Division. Makes an appropriation. Repeals 7/1/2031. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GRANTS FOR LOCAL RECYCLING FACILITIES. Requires the Office of Solid Waste Management to establish a recycling facility grant program to support recycling in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Increases the tax rate to effectively set a price of an unspecified amount per metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions in 2021. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time so that, in 2030, the tax rate shall be equivalent to a carbon price of an unspecified amount per metric ton of carbon emissions. Establishes a refundable tax credit for lower-income individuals. Effective 7/1/2050. Tax credit applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC CONVENIENCES. Requires that restrooms and toilet facilities of public amusement facilities constructed, renovated, retrofitted, or installed after 1/1/2021 have 2 female-use toilets for each male-use toilet or urinal.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Defines "cultural assessment" and "cultural impact assessment". Requires cultural assessments to be available for public review and comment in connection with draft environmental assessments. Requires a cultural impact assessment if an agency determines a proposed action may have a significant effect on the environment. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Beginning 12/31/2025, prohibits the confinement of specified farm animals in a cruel manner and prohibits business owners and operators from selling certain products made from those animals. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a statewide transition success network for high school students with disabilities starting fiscal year 2021‑2022, with a pilot project to begin in fiscal year 2020‑2021. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly manufacturing, importing, installing, reinstalling, distributing, selling, or offering for sale any counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, nonfunctional airbag, or airbag that does not meet federal safety requirements. Prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly selling, offering for sale, installing, or reinstalling in a motor vehicle any device that causes the motor vehicle's diagnostic systems to fail to warn that the motor vehicle is equipped with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag or that no airbag is installed, as applicable. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATE SURFING COMMISSION. Establishes the State Commission on Surfing within the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT. Adds objectives, policies, and implementation guidelines for planning for the lei of green to the Hawaii State Planning Act. Requires a report to the Legislature and appropriates funds for costs associated with researching, compiling, and submitting the report. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the minimum and potential maximum fine for violating Hawaii Revised Statutes sections 291-22, 291-24, and 291-24.5, which prohibit the installation and sale of noisy mufflers.
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RELATING TO THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the state health insurance assistance program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Provides that any authorization by a county director of finance for an electronic method of motor vehicle registration, including the acceptance of any supplemental documents in electronic form, shall extend to all types of motor vehicles and intermodal equipment. Takes effect 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the state public charter school commission to pay the claim and settlement amount pursuant to Miller-Potter v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 16-1-0385K. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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