THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 |
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TIME: |
10:05 A.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference |
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TIMESLOT: |
WAM |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000 the fine that may be assessed for campaign spending law violations against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order that the fine be up to three times the amount of the unlawful contribution or expenditure, and that the payment of the fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee.
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JDC, WAM |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I, SECTION 25, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING CRIMES AGAINST MINORS. Proposes an amendment to Article I, section 25, of the Hawaii Constitution to provide that the Legislature may define: what behavior constitutes a continuing course of conduct in continuous sexual assault crimes against minors younger than sixteen years of age and what constitutes the jury unanimity that is required under this charge. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires that all electronic information technology developed, purchased, used, or provided by a state entity be made accessible to persons with disabilities. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, in consultation with the Disability and Communication Access Board and a working group comprising stakeholders, to develop and publish electronic information technology accessibility standards to be implemented by all state entities. Requires review and amendment of the standards every 3 years after the date of publication, or as needed, to reflect advances or changes in information technology. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions within the Department of Human Services to be headed by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness. Establishes the Homelessness and Housing Solutions Special Fund and appropriates $2,000,000 out of the general fund revenues, to be expended by the Department of Human Services for the administration of the Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions. (SD1)
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HMS/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to review the Affordable Rental Housing Report and Ten-Year Plan issued by the Special Action Team on Affordable Rental Housing in July 2018; determine whether any of the lands identified in the report are suitable for development of temporary housing for the Ohana Zone program or other forms of affordable housing; determine the actions required to develop the lands into temporary housing for the Ohana Zone program or other forms of affordable housing; and submit a report to the Legislature before Regular Session of 2023. (SD1)
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HMS/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTERS. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Community Services to restore funding for immigrant resource centers.
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HMS/LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANTS. Appropriates $250,000 to the Judiciary to contract with non-profit organizations to provide legal counsel and assistance to low-income immigrants. Defines "low income" to mean a person whose family income is no more than the federal poverty level. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Requires the executive director of the office of language access to submit an annual report to the governor and legislature on compliance, complaints, resolution of complaints, and recommendations to enhance and promote language access. Appropriates funds to establish limited English proficiency language coordinator positions in the departments of commerce and consumer affairs, health, and agriculture, and the Hawaii emergency management agency.
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HMS/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health Program to match federal dollars that the State receives for the 21st Century Community Learning Center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE FUELING REBATES. Adds the installation and upgrade of hydrogen refueling stations to the Electric Vehicle Charging System Rebate Program. Establishes the rebate amount for the installation or upgrade of a hydrogen refueling system at $200,000. Limits the rebate to hydrogen refueling systems that do not store and dispense hydrogen fuel produced using fossil fuels. Renames Hawaii's Electric Vehicle Charging System Rebate Program to the Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Infrastructure Rebate Program. Increases the spending cap of the ZEV Infrastructure Rebate Program. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. Establishes a reusable utensil pilot project in Department of Education schools on Molokai. Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature on the feasibility of statewide implementation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to twelve months following the end of pregnancy. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to provide annual reports to the Legislature on available data pertaining to the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Appropriates moneys. (SD1)
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HMS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Establishes a three-year cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide reimbursement to farming operations in the State for costs related to cover cropping. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program manager position within the department of agriculture to administer the program. Requires an annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the long-term rental assistance pilot program to be administered by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for individuals sixty-two years of age or older who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2025. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO EARLY EDUCATION. Establishes a one-year Early Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to assist in retaining the existing early child care workforce. Appropriates funds for the pilot program to be expended by the Department of Human Services. Appropriates funds for the Early Learning Special Fund to be expended by the Executive Office on Early Learning for the Hawaii Early Childhood Educator Stipend Program. The pilot program repeals on 7/1/2023. (SD1)
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HMS/EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Amends the definition of "employee-beneficiary" to include the surviving unmarried adult child of a deceased retired member if the child is incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical incapacity that existed prior to the unmarried child's reaching the age of nineteen years.
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO PARKING CONCESSIONS. Exempts parking concessions from the public bidding requirements under the state procurement law. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM. Appropriates moneys to support the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUMMER EDUCATION. Establishes the position of Summer Learning Coordinator within the Department of Education. Makes an appropriation to fund the position of Summer Learning Coordinator. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO ASTHMA. Requires the Department of Education to offer optional asthma education instruction to students and provide mandatory asthma training to teachers and other department employees who interact with students. Effective 7/1/2023. (SD1)
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EDU/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE SPAYING AND NEUTERING OF ANIMALS. Establishes a spay and neuter special fund and allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the special fund. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to install air conditioning units for public school classrooms that have not received air conditioning units. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DIBSHAWAII LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist DIBSHawaii LLC in the construction of a net-zero carbon capture storage utilization platform that will recover vented carbon dioxide emissions and scrub and liquify them into food grade liquid carbon dioxide. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. Creates a task force focused on the hiring and training of culturally-accepted interpreters to assist non-English speaking populations seeking care at health care facilities. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HMS/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position at the Public Access Room to provide educational outreach and engagement with all schools in the State. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO A SCHOOL SUPPLY SUBSIDY PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a one-year school supply subsidy pilot program at all schools composed entirely of students eligible for participation in Title I. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals on 1/1/2024. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control actions for coffee leaf rust.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PLANT QUARANTINE BRANCH. Appropriates general revenues to expand state-run quarantine facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a working group to study and prepare an implementation plan for agricultural career pathways and report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. (SD2)
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EDU/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for water source infrastructure and the maintenance and improvement to the Peekauai Ditch Irrigation System located on Kauai.
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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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.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO COMPOSTING. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a three-year compost reimbursement pilot program to provide reimbursements to farmers and ranchers when purchasing compost from a certified processor, dealer, retailer, or wholesaler licensed to do business in the State. Establishes a temporary compost reimbursement pilot program manager position. Requires the Department to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO AN AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY SPECIAL FUND. Establishes an Agricultural Emergency Special fund to provide loans to farmers and ranchers for disaster recovery. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the control and mitigation of the two-lined spittlebug and for recovery efforts for lands damaged by the two-lined spittlebug. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to seventy-five per cent cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for acquiring cover crop seeds, green manure, or compost. Requires the convening of a review panel to screen and rate applicants on the quality of their cover crop and green manure and composting practices. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program manager position within the Department of Agriculture to administer the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO ANTS. Appropriates $600,000 to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (LNR402) for research, extension, and control of the little fire ant and other harmful ants.
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. 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.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO COMPOSTING. Establishes and appropriates funds for a compost reimbursement program within the department of agriculture and one full-time permanent compost reimbursement program manager position to oversee the program. Requires an annual progress report of the program to the legislature prior to each regular session.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII FILM AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND. Expands funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund. Makes an appropriation out of the special fund.
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND INVESTMENTS. Exempts the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from disclosing certain types of alternative investment fund under the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), codified at chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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LCA/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL SERVICE FOR POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Permanently exempts eight positions in the Department of Human Services from civil service. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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LCA/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Establishes an Accessible Parking Special Account within the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund. Increases the state annual vehicle registration fee by $1 and requires the $1 to be deposited into the Accessible Parking Special Account. Requires all costs associated with the statewide Parking for Persons with Disabilities Program to be appropriated from the Accessible Parking Special Account beginning July 1, 2023. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD1)
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HMS/TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Allows the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to authorize qualified boiler inspectors who are in the exclusive employment of an owner-user inspection organization to perform safety inspections of pressure retaining items. Extends the time by which the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations is required to reimburse the general fund for the initial appropriation made to the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund from ten to thirteen years from the date the fund was established. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of Adequate Reserve Fund for calendar years 2023 through 2030 to exclude the Benefit Cost Rate from June 2020 through August 2021. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND. Appropriates funds into the unemployment compensation trust fund.
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Ensures the continued existence of the Low-Income Tiny Home Projects developed pursuant to the Governor's 2015 or 2018 Emergency Proclamations related to homelessness or their supplemental proclamations, by exempting the projects from certain laws for the duration of the underlying state land leases. Establishes the Low-Income Tiny Home Village Pilot Program to provide shelter and certain services to low-income and homeless individuals. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a Beginning Farmer Training Program. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii for the Beginning Farmer Training program. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SISTER-STATE RELATIONS. Appropriates funds to support international sister-state relations. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ROYALTIES. Caps the amount of royalties from geothermal resources that are to be paid to the State and to the county in which the geothermal resources are located. Establishes the University of Hawaii Geothermal Exploration Special Fund for the Hawaii Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Center to further the discovery and development of geothermal resources. Requires the entities that received geothermal royalties to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EET/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS. Establishes the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program, administered by the Hawaii Retirement Savings Board, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to provide a state-facilitated payroll-deduction automatic enrollment individual retirement plan to private sector employees who do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement savings plans beginning 7/1/2024. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO REENTRY PLANNING CIRCLES. Appropriates moneys to fund reentry planning circles for at least fifty incarcerated women. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPORTS. Designates sports as being co‑curricular activities. Requires the Department of Education to submit a report on the cost of implementing sports as co-curricular activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Provides employees with up to eight weeks of paid family leave during the first year after birth of the individual's child, adoption of a child by the individual, or placement of a child with the individual through foster care, and eight weeks of paid family leave to care for the individual's family member with a serious health condition during any benefit year, paid through an employer-based private insurance program currently used to provide for temporary disability benefits. Repeals chapter 398, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Sections 1-28 effective 7/1/2024. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Appropriates funds for a ports-of-entry biosecurity program.
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AEN/TRS, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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