KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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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 22, 2023 |
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TIME: |
9:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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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 AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES. Allows the Department of Agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand.
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program for health care professionals, provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds from a private or another public source. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PER-PUPIL FUNDING. Excludes from the charter school per-pupil funding calculation all amounts relating to programs that provide comparable benefits for all public school students regardless of whether the student is a Department of Education school student or a public charter school student.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the technology services consolidation working group to decommission the Office of Enterprise Technology Services' data center located in the Kalanimoku Building; relocate the entire Office of Enterprise Technology Services data center to an interim primary, secure, and resilient facility; and use cloud computing with consideration of latency-sensitive systems that may require local presence or hybrid-cloud design and cloud or remote physical storage for all consolidated state information technology data. Extends to 6/30/28 the dissolution date of the technology services consolidation working group. Establishes requirements for procurement contracts for information technology-related projects. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES. Establishes the Visitor Impact Fee Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through which the department will collect a fee for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area. Establishes, and appropriates moneys into and out of, the Visitor Impact Fee Special Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO NURSING FACILITIES. Makes permanent and amends the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program. Makes certain assessment exemptions permanent as to the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund. Repeals chapter 346E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Nursing Facility Tax. Appropriates funds from the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS. Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a five-year pilot program to implement a co-management system of care for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the Community Fuels Reduction Project. Beginning with fiscal year 2025-2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the Community Fuels Reduction Project as a separate line item within the Department's budget. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a foreign agriculture small equipment pilot program to identify efficient agriculture equipment and retrofit engines to meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency's standards. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility.
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO ORNAMENTAL GINGER. Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers.
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AEN/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN. Requires the McKinley Community School for Adults to work with Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice to provide counseling services for incarcerated women participating in the education and reentry program for incarcerated women, developed and administered by Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice. Appropriates moneys as a chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, grant for the University of Hawaii Windward Community College education and reentry program for incarcerated women developed and administered by Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice. Authorizes the University of Hawaii Windward Community College to award grants to a private entity. (SD1)
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PSM/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO GENDER PARITY IN PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice and Women's Prison Project as a chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, grant to conduct a study of all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities and convene a group of incarcerated women for the purpose of identifying gaps in programming offered to female inmates. Requires that the study be submitted to the Legislature by 12/1/2023. (SD1)
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PSM/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Appropriates moneys to support a trauma-informed certification program for adult corrections officers at the Windward Community College campus of the University of Hawaii. Requires the curriculum to include a level I trauma-informed care course designed for adult corrections officers. (SD1)
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PSM/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Transfers the aquaculture program from the Department of Agriculture to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates moneys.
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AEN/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO CREATIVE DISTRICTS. Creates a process for the establishment of a creative district. Establishes a five-year tax credit for creative districts. Permits counties to enact incentives for creative districts. Requires the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to submit an annual report to the Legislature on creative districts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOORING LINES. Requires the securing of mooring lines from vessels requiring tug assistance to be manned by an existing, operational stevedoring company that is operating within the State. Authorizes a department to regulate labor required to provide stevedoring services to load and unload commodities and manifested cargo from a vessel requiring tug assistance from any harbor facility owned and controlled by the Department of Transportation. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS. Increases the fee for the issuance of an apostille or certification. Establishes the Apostilles and Certifications Special Fund. Authorizes the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to expend moneys in the fund for operational expenses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the counties to transfer land to the School Facilities Authority. Exempts the School Facilities Authority from taxes. Authorizes state and county agencies to render services to the School Facilities Authority upon request. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to engage in commercial enterprise activities for the purpose of revenue generation. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to contract to manage leasing and management of housing projects. Establishes a deadline for the transfer of properties to the Department of Education from the City and County of Honolulu required by Act 272, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. Temporarily expands the State Rent Supplement Program to specifically target qualified individuals who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. Repeals 6/30/2026. (SD1)
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HHS/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION. Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes a new consumer privacy special fund. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD. Amends the composition and qualifications of the Early Learning Board to consist of individuals from each county, instead of from particular entities or types of providers. Establishes general qualifications for the members of the Early Learning Board appointed by the Governor.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Appropriates moneys for the Preschool Open Doors Program and Executive Office on Early Learning to expand access to preschool and to implement program changes required by previous acts. Expands the types of entities from which a Preschool Open Doors service provider may obtain accreditation. Authorizes the preschool open doors special fund to accept federal funds. Appropriates moneys.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions. Establishes the Clean Ground Transportation and Interisland and Transpacific Clean Transportation Working Groups. Requires annual reports to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission and the Legislature. (SD1)
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TCA/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE RENEWAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSES. Allows for the renewal of driver's licenses by mail or online. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for statewide planning and coordination for transit-oriented development projects identified in the state strategic plan for transit-oriented development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Specifies that a public servant convicted of the offense of bribery shall be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $250,000, in addition to a sentence of imprisonment or probation. Requires the Commission on Salaries to consider certain factors to retain qualified individuals and deter corruption and bribery. Amends the effective dates of recommended salary increases. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan; delineates allowable uses of Major Disaster Fund monies; increases the amount of the additional funds that may be made available for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief fund from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000; shortens the duration of price control periods from 96 hours to 72 hours; defines "Severe Warning"; and clarifies that entities other than the National Weather Service issue warnings that may require the activation of the emergency management system.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places or located in a designated historic district. (SD1)
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HWN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO OHANA ZONES. Appropriates funds for the ohana zones pilot program, including expenses relating to operations, upkeep of facilities, provision of services, and administrative costs. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction of facilities for the ohana zones pilot program. Establishes one position within the Office of the Governor responsible for the deployment of the capital improvement funds appropriated by this Act. Specifies certain exemptions shall apply to the ohana zone construction. (SD1)
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HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO PSILOCYBIN. Establishes the Therapeutic Psilocybin Working Group within the Department of Health. Requires the working group to examine the medicinal and therapeutic effects of psilocybin or psilocybin-based products vis-à-vis mental health, report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024, and dissolve on June 30, 2025. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO MEAT PROCESSING. Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness; Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife; and Department of Health, Food Safety Branch, in consultation with the County of Maui Axis Deer Task Force, to develop and implement a plan to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribution by nonprofit food distribution services by 7/1/2024. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO A MODERN HAWAII HISTORY MUSEUM. Establishes a Museum of Modern Hawaii History. Establishes a task force to develop plans for the establishment, construction, and operation of a Museum of Modern Hawaii History. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Clarifies the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and that its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose. Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii contract with the Research Corporation when the University determines that other various agencies cannot more effectively or efficiently accomplish certain research and training activities. Grandfathers existing Research Corporation contracts and requires new contracts be subject to new limitations. Limits the scope of the special account the Research Corporation is authorized to establish. Requires revolving accounts to follow Corporation policies. Limits internal service orders and revolving accounts of the Research Corporation that use University intramural funds to certain projects and requires biannual reports to the Legislature. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropriations, and positions of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the Office of Tourism and Destination Management. Requires the Office of Tourism and Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans. Dissolves the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 1/6/2050. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Establishes the Beneficial Treatments Advisory Council to review mental health treatment information and advise the Department of Health. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CULTURE AND ARTS. Establishes the Hawaii Leadership Awards Program to honor Hawaii individuals who have made considerable and outstanding contributions to Hawaii and serve as inspirations to others. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Replaces the $50 annual vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles with a capped mileage-based road user fee for electric vehicles. Establishes the Hawaii Highway Safety and Modernization Council and repeals the State Highway Safety Council, effective 7/1/2023. Provides that implementation of mileage-based road user fees take effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review and the environmental impact statement law, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/TCA/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS. Establishes a food and product innovation network within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates moneys for food and product innovation facilities on the islands of Molokai and Oahu.
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AEN/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2019 to 12/31/2023. Authorizes the use of county surcharge revenues for housing infrastructure. Temporarily authorizes counties that have previously adopted a surcharge on state tax to amend the rates and uses of the surcharge. (SD1)
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HOU/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Creates a separate bargaining unit (16) for City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department employees. Recategorizes City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department employees from bargaining unit (10) into bargaining unit (16). Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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PSM/LBT, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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