Rep. Mahina Poepoe

Requires the McKinley Community School for Adults to work with Hawaiʻi Friends of Restorative Justice to provide counseling services for incarcerated women participating in the education and reentry program for incarcerated women that is developed and administered by Hawaiʻi Friends of Restorative Justice. Appropriates moneys as a chapter 42F, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, grant for the University of Hawaiʻi Windward Community College education and reentry program for incarcerated women that is developed and administered by Hawaiʻi Friends of Restorative Justice. Authorizes the University of Hawaiʻi Windward Community College to award grants to private entities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Appropriates moneys to the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply to create a pilot program that incentivizes residential homeowners in certain dry areas to replace landscaping and irrigation with alternatives that reduce water use. Requires report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)

Appropriates funds out of the Boating Special Fund for       full-time equivalent positions under the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide security at small boat harbors statewide. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)

Appropriates funds for purchasing digital cameras for all adult correctional officer control rooms at state correctional facilities and body cameras for adult correctional officers to wear while on duty at state correctional facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)

Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. (SD1)

Adds a minimum penalty of $50 and a maximum penalty of $60,000 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation. (CD1)

Appropriates funds for the executive office on aging to create and implement an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign. (CD1)

Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month: Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State. (SD1)

Requires the department of human services to establish a neighbor islands blind and visually impaired service pilot program that supplements existing statewide services by providing training and other services to neighbor island residents who are blind or visually impaired. Requires the department of human services to establish a working group to develop a pilot program implementation plan and submit the plan to the legislature before the regular session of 2024. Requires a report to the legislature on the pilot program before the regular session of 2029. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (CD2)

Prohibits commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters without a permit. Prohibits any person from advertising any commercial ocean use activity or equipment for such activity in Kaneohe Bay waters for which the person does not have a permit. Establishes enforcement mechanisms for the prohibitions. (CD1)