Resolution adopted in final form.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a working group to develop standards for reporting energy consumption to facilitate comparisons of energy consumption and costs by consumers and homebuyers. (HB1249 HD3)
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist not-for-profit private organizations, for-profit private organizations, and public instrumentalities in the retrofitting of low- and moderate-income apartment complexes with sprinkler systems. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Expands the types of business activity eligible for participation in Hawaii's enterprise zone program to include production of electricity from a biomass energy facility. (HB584 HD2)
Authorizes expending agencies of grants to delegate their expending authority to a different agency, subject to approval of the recipient and Governor. Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to submit an annual report on the status of awarded and pending grants. Repeals the requirement that the Governor notify a grant recipient on grant status if grant funds are not released within ninety days. (SD1)
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to maintain a database of the costs to state departments and agencies of cleaning up and disposing of polystyrene products in each county that has not enacted an ordinance significantly restricting the use of polystyrene products. Beginning in 2020, requires each county that has not enacted an ordinance significantly restricting the use of polystyrene products to reimburse the general fund for costs to the State of cleaning up and disposing of polystyrene products in the county. (HB2718 HD1)
Establishes December 7 of each year as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (HB2181 HD1)
Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a weigh in motion and axle scale system at all commercial harbor facilities. Requires maritime cargo carriers to report to the Department containers or loads subject to highway weight restrictions. Appropriates funds. (HB725 HD2)
Prohibits places of public accommodation from denying shelter to any person when an emergency alert advises the public to immediately seek shelter. Provides for a civil penalty for each violation. Provides immunity from civil liability, with certain exceptions. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Prohibits any Governor or county Mayor, while serving in their respective individual capacities as Governor or county Mayor, to maintain any other employment or receive any emolument, beginning on the sixty-first calendar day after their election or appointment to office. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Decreases the number of members appointed to the Policy Advisory Board of Elder Affairs. Specifies that ex officio members are nonvoting members. Revises the list of agencies that provide representatives to serve as ex officio members. (SD1)
Amends the definition of "qualified high technology business" to remove exclusions of various businesses from eligibility from participation in the Hawaii Technology Investment Program. (HB2224 HD1)