THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
DATE: |
Thursday, February 24, 2022 |
TIME: |
10:00 A.M. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference |
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:
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the Special Funds of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund to submit annual detailed reports to the Legislature. (SD2)
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSION. Removes the limitation on specific types of wastewater systems to which cesspools must be upgraded or converted, and instead requires a cesspool to be upgraded or converted to a wastewater system approved by the department of health, prior to 1/1/2050. Requires upgrades of cesspools that are within five hundred feed of certain bodies of water by January 1, 2024. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Includes best practice destination management and regenerative tourism under the scope and responsibilities of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA). Requires HTA to develop a tourism management plan that includes tourism marketing, best practice destination management, and regenerative tourism. Appropriates moneys to HTA to carry out the actions in the county destination management action plans. (SD2)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST THE HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE TO RESTORE HAWAII'S FORESTS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Authorizes the Department of Budget and Finance to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Legacy Reforestation Initiative LLC in their mission to proliferate a sustainable model of endemic reforestation, ecosystem revitalization, endangered species recovery, and carbon credit sequestering.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform self-review of seizure safety materials annually. Requires a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees charged with supervising the student. Requires public schools, private schools, and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer seizure disorder rescue medication. Exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO FILM INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT. Creates a nonrefundable twenty percent film infrastructure tax credit. Requires that the film infrastructure project must spend at least $3,000,000 on buildings, facilities, or installations. Caps the credit at $10,000,000 per year. Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism's Creative Industries Division for two FTE positions. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL GARDENS. Establishes a School Garden Coordinator position within the Department of Education. Makes an appropriation to fund the position and related expenses. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases the fees for permits required for the purchase and use of fireworks. Requires the auditor of fireworks and articles pyrotechnic records for each county fire department to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing inventory, recordkeeping, and sales of fireworks to license or permit holders. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD1)
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CPN/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. Requires all nursing license applicants to respond to the center for nursing workforce supply survey in conjunction with license renewal, provided that the license renewal shall not be contingent upon responding to the workforce supply survey and failure to respond to the workforce supply survey shall not result in encumbrance of the nurse's license. Increases the center for nursing fee from $40 to $60 per license biennium. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO COMPOSTING. Establishes a compost reimbursement program within the Department of Agriculture to provide reimbursements to farmers, ranchers, and landscapers when purchasing compost from a certified processor, dealer, retailer, or wholesaler licensed to do business in the State. Establishes a compost reimbursement program manager position. Appropriates moneys.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS. Designates the Vice President of Budget and Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the University of Hawaii as the Chief Procurement Officer for the university. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Clarifies that the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii is to promote educational, scientific, and literary pursuits through research, training of research personnel, and dissemination of knowledge by publication of research findings; and its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out this purpose. Requires revolving accounts to follow Corporation policies. Grandfathers existing Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii contracts and requires new contracts be subject to new limitations following enactment of this measure. Defines minor renovation projects permissible in support of research and training. Requires quarterly and annual reports to the Legislature for programs and civil servants utilized in Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii programs. Requires biannual reports to the Legislature regarding internal service orders and revolving accounts of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii that utilize University of Hawaii intramural funds for financial and mission compliance. Authorizes the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to conduct minor renovation projects at costs of $2 million or less. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO FARMS. Creates an exclusion from income tax for the lesser of a percentage of gross annual income or an amount of gross annual income earned by a farmer from farming activities.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc., with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish in each county, K-12 expanded teaching cohort programs for students who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in education. Requires interim reports to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2023, 2024, and 2025, and a final report prior to the Regular Session of 2026. Repeals 12/31/2026. (SD1)
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HRE/EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK. Requires the department of public safety, in collaboration with the department of human services, to develop and establish a program to train incarcerated nonviolent individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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PSM/HMS, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Clarifies that amounts received or accrued for stevedoring services, wharfage, and demurrage services are exempt under the general excise tax law. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE WAHIAWA IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Authorizes the issuance of bonds for the Department of Agriculture and Agribusiness Development Corporation to purchase the Wahiawa Irrigation System on the island of Oahu. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO WELLNESS. Establishes a temporary Office of Wellness and Resilience within the Office of the Governor. Authorizes the Office to address issues and implement solutions to improve wellness and resilience, including issues and solutions identified by the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force. Appropriates moneys. Sunsets on an unspecified date.
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HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes firm renewable energy generation policy in the Hawaii State Planning Act to ensure the reliable one hundred per cent replacement of fossil fuel electricity generation to increase the sustainability and energy self-sufficiency of the State to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Includes exceptions for fossil fuel generation during emergency circumstances. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO PRISONS. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety a working group to reduce recidivism by providing business education to inmates. Appropriates moneys.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii state loan repayment program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine, subject to a matching funds requirement. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Amends the composition of the Board of Agriculture by providing representation from the islands of Molokai and Lanai.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Establishes and funds an environmental investigative hotline pilot project through the Department of the Attorney General, Investigations Division, that will implement and manage an investigative hotline for Molokai residents to report environmental concerns on Molokai and have one full time investigator on the island of Molokai to investigate environmental concerns. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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JDC/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to implement a telehealth pilot project and publish an evaluation report on the telehealth pilot project outcomes. Exempts the telehealth pilot project from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code for a period of 12 months. Clarifies that the period of performance of all procurements made during this temporary exemption shall not exceed the term of the telehealth pilot project. Requires the Department of Health to implement and administer a rural health care pilot project to provide physicians and nurse practitioners serving selected rural areas with an availability fee and reimbursements for certain expenses. Appropriates funds to support the pilot projects. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, WAM |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Transportation for construction of a new perimeter fence at Kahului Airport in response to the overpopulation of axis deer in Maui county. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Health, to develop and implement a one-time pesticide disposal collection program, for a duration to be determined by the department. Requires the Department of Agriculture to convene a steering committee to guide and monitor the pesticide disposal collection program. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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AEN/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN. Appropriates funds for the second year of a program to train incarcerated women to be general education development tutors for their peers, provide college correspondence courses for women in the women's community correctional center, and provide reentry and transition services for women wanting to continue their education post incarceration. Enables partnerships with the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, and Department of Public Safety. Appropriates moneys. (SD1)
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PSM/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the Department of Health for administrative purposes. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to establish and support the work of the task force. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING. Reestablishes the Hawaii medical education council special fund to enable the John A. Burns School of Medicine in consultation with the Hawaii Medical Education Council to provide funding for medical education and training in Hawaii, with an emphasis on supporting residency training in medically underserved areas. Appropriates funds to create more residencies and training opportunities in medically underserved areas for medical students at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Appropriates funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine to create further medical residency and training opportunities through a partnership between the John A. Burns School of Medicine and the Veterans Administration. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION WASTE. Requires state building codes to incorporate the international green construction code. Sets specific targets for the recycling, reuse, donation, and resale of non-hazardous construction waste. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO FILING FEES. Changes the filing fee schedule for paternity actions by establishing an initial filing fee of $100 and eliminating fees to file motions.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF TARO. Creates a classification of agricultural public lands entitled "taro lands". Appropriates funds to the Land Use Commission to create an inventory of lands classified as taro lands. (SD1)
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF TARO. Prohibits the Board of Land and Natural Resources, in declaring residential development areas and acquiring lands therein, from disturbing certain wetland taro lands and infrastructure on undeveloped lands within the conservation district established pursuant to chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Establishes a fourth class--taro lands classification for public lands. Permits structures for lo‘i taro fields in the agricultural district. Establishes growth and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian crops as a goal of the State Planning Act. Authorizes the Land Use Commission, with the Taro Security and Purity Task Force, to create an inventory of taro lands. (SD1)
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, PLUS COMMISSION. Establishes the Hawaii State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus (LGBTQ+) Commission. Requires each county mayor to appoint a county committee on the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus affairs. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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JDC/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD REGISTRY. Requires the staff of licensed and registered early childhood programs to annually provide specific information to the Department of Human Services' Early Childhood Workforce Registry. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct comprehensive inventories of historic properties and burial sites in the State, data collection on burial site locations, and archaeological surface surveys. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS. Authorizes the Governor to designate the Department Of Land and Natural Resources to administer or enter into an agreement for the administration of a green jobs youth corps to provide temporary work and training opportunities in the fields of natural resource management, agriculture, or other sustainability‑related professions to young adults ages thirty-eight and younger. Requires the department to partner with an organization that has received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence Accreditation Program or has at least ten years of experience providing similar programming statewide in the State, or both. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER. Makes an appropriation to further the practice of huikahi restorative circles at the Women's Community Correctional Center.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Provides that a law enforcement officer has a duty to intervene if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes that another law enforcement officer is using unnecessary or excessive force on an arrestee. Requires the law enforcement officer to report the incident to the fellow law enforcement officer's supervisor. Requires relevant departments to submit annual reports to the Legislature. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes the Transportation Safety and Modernization Council to help the Department of Transportation achieve state goals and outcomes while improving reporting to provide better information and transparency for elected leaders and the public. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS. Requires the Department of Health to regulate water catchment systems and provide testing to businesses who utilize water catchment systems; provided the regulations comply with the Hawaii state plumbing code and chapter 448E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the department to provide technical assistance on water catchment systems and filtration to business owners who utilize captured water for business activities. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS. Creates a temporary intergovernmental task force to assist in the establishment and certification of a Metropolitan Planning Organization for the County of Hawaii. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide a list of certain highway projects to the task force. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO DISABILITY HEALTH DISPARITY. Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report focused on the health disparities experienced by individuals with disabilities in Hawaii to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2023. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases the maximum fine that may be assessed per fireworks-related violation from $2,000 to $5,000, provided that the fireworks violation does not otherwise have a specific penalty enumerated in statute.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. Appropriates moneys. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Renames the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund to the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund. Authorizes the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to be used to give grants to child care facilities. Adds federal funds as one of the fund sources for the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund. Changes the legislative report due date for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund from August 31 to twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. Removes the authority to expend without an appropriation for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund statutes to conform to section 5 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS. Establishes the Family Resource Centers Pilot Program with the Department of Human Services. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Family Resource Centers Coordinator position. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM. Incorporates the kupuna caregivers program into the kupuna care program and adds services for care recipients, caregivers, and employed caregivers. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Transfers authority for certain reviews of projects in conjunction with section 6E-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Counties. Defines the role of third-party reviewers for the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Provides financial assistance to the counties to hire qualified staff to conduct the reviews. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2021.
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JDC, WAM |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to authorize additional funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's special maintenance program.
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes the Electric Vehicle, Electric Bicycle, Moped, and Motorcycle Rebate Program and special fund to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. Allocates a portion of the barrel tax for the rebate program. Makes an appropriation. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Imposes a heightened penalty of a class C felony for persons who repeatedly commit the offenses of gambling, possession of gambling records in the second degree, or possession of a gambling device. Effective 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a visitor green fee program to collect a fee to allow visitors to visit a state park, beach, state-owned forest, hiking trail, or other state-owned natural area. Establishes the Environmental Legacy Commission to allocate the revenues from the visitor green fee to protect and manage Hawaii's natural resources. Establishes the Visitor Green Fee Special Fund. Appropriates moneys. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS. Establishes an expeditious adjudication system for the processing of fireworks infractions. Increases the fine for certain fireworks violations. Clarifies what constitutes a separate violation. Increases the penalty for removing or extracting pyrotechnic contents. Authorizes the Sheriff Division to enforce the fireworks control law. Requires the Attorney General to establish an explosion detection technology working group. Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement a web-based reporting tool for illegal fireworks. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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JDC/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. Clarifies the GET exemption for unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter registration guide to be posted on its website. Requires the Office of Election to mail a notice with each ballot notifying voters that a voter information guide may be found on its website. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO AMBULANCES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase one advanced life support ambulance to be based on the island of Molokai, and related equipment, and pay related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH, WAM |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 4 AND 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT. Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States Census.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS. Authorizes the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to terminate the Athletic Director and head coaches at four-year campuses for cause. Requires the Board of Regents to approve all coaching contracts at four-year campuses with salaries greater than $200,000, including additional private funding and bonuses.
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to increase funding, pursue grants, and work on projects focusing on safe, low user cost pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. Appropriates funds for two grant writing positions. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes the Women's Correctional Implementation Commission within the Department of Public Safety to provide oversight over state correctional facilities that incarcerate women, receive and investigate complaints from incarcerated women, monitor the criminal justice system's progress in implementing reforms, and monitor programs and data that are important to ensuring successful outcomes for women in the correctional system. Appropriates moneys.
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PSM/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes the ground transportation and interisland transportation working groups. Requires the Department of Transportation to prepare for and incentivize the increased adoption of electric vehicles in the State. Establishes goals. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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