Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a program to provide grants to match funds for hotel employees to buy hotels and establish employee-owned hotel cooperatives. Appropriates moneys.
Establishes a three-year surcharge on the liquor tax. Repeals 06/30/2026.
Defines "incidental and supplemental work" for purposes of specialty contractors under the contractors law.
Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis.
Increases the amount of the personal exemption for taxable income years beginning after 12/31/2023. Requires the personal exemption to be increased biannually based on any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu for the most recent two-year period.
Appropriates funds and establishes one Pacific youth programs coordinator position within the Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes a two-year water neutrality turf replacement pilot program in the county of Maui department of water supply to provide financial incentives to replace irrigated turf with turf or other plants that use less water. Requires a report to the legislature by 11/1/2025. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the Red Hill water contamination health impacts program within the Department of Health to track the long-term impacts of the 2021 petroleum release from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Appropriates moneys.
Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.
