Clarifies budgetary funding, including weighted student formula funding, for public school special education services, personnel, and other costs.
Sponsored bills
Provides limited liability protection for county lifeguards and counties providing lifeguard services on beaches or in the ocean.
Requires marketplace facilitators, referrers, and remote sellers that meet certain requirements to remit general excise or use taxes or report sales information. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Establishes the Hawaii Apprentice Hunting License Program and its requirements and restrictions.
Makes an exemption from tort liability for the State and counties arising from lifeguard services, except for gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
Requires use of an unspecified percentage of funds in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund to provide housing for residents who qualify for Social Security disability benefits and are diagnosed with a life-long serious mental illness. (HB874 HD1)
Increases, to an unspecified amount, the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance. Automatically increases the amount by an unspecified percentage on an annual basis.
Makes Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) employees subject to civil service and collective bargaining rights. Gives OHA voting rights as a public employer. (HB865 HD2)