Rep. Terez Amato

Allows for judicial review of orders fixing minimum terms of imprisonment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Establishes and appropriates moneys for a four-year Pacific cultural court pilot program in the family court of the first circuit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Extends the school supply subsidy pilot program established pursuant to Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, for an additional two years. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the state public charter school commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements. Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Requires the department of transportation to perform routine inspections of highways in the state highway system that are at risk of rockslides every five years and after major rainfall events. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Requires the department of transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts. Prohibits contractors from charging additional fees to amend traffic flow and safety or mitigation efforts. Requires the department of transportation to make a final determination on all changes to traffic flow and mitigation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, or distribution of certain animal fur products in the State. Effective 1/1/2024.

Prohibits the department of health from requiring an applicant, operator, employee, or adult volunteer at a healthcare facility or, in the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, to consent to fingerprinting except in connection with the initial licensing or certification of the individual or healthcare facility. In the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, who was not living in the home at the time of initial licensing of certification, shall not be required to be fingerprinted more than once. Resets initial fingerprinting and background check requirements if the licensee terminates the license and later applies for a new license. Provides that the department of human services shall not require service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving adult services to be fingerprinted as part of the criminal history record check process more than once.

Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the department of health for administrative purposes. Requires a report to the legislature.

Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item for a service animal. Establishes penalties. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)