Expands the allowable uses of Hawaii Technology Development Corporation grant funds to include providing grants to applicants for qualifying federal research and development awards and matching funds for recipients of those awards and related contracts.
Establishes the Underground Energy Resource Characterization Program to identify the location and characteristics of underground energy resources through the use of slim-hole bores and requires a related environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places.
Updates state position titles by changing "private secretary" to "executive assistant" and "secretary" to "administrative assistant," where applicable.
Maddy summaryHB 2303 requires the state Board of Education to update physical education content and performance standards to reinstate the Presidential Fitness Test for public school students. This bill directly affects K-12 public schools and students by mandating the return of this specific fitness assessment program. The key provision is the Board's obligation to revise standards to bring back the test, which measures physical fitness through activities like sit-and-reach and mile runs. The bill focuses on concrete policy changes to restore a standardized fitness evaluation in school curricula.
Removes outdated requirements and formats for plans filed with the registrar's office. Updates permissible drawing scales used in plans. Clarifies that statutory filing fees are set pursuant to the rules adopted by the Department of Accounting and General Services. Repeals obsolete terms such as "blueprint." Authorizes the Department of Accounting and General Services to approve the format of plans.
Clarifies and updates the sex trafficking and promoting prostitution criminal offense statutes by refining the definition of "profits from prostitution," establishing an affirmative defense to these offenses for certain lawful transactions, and making technical and other housekeeping amendments.
Allows the Governor to enter the State into 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, effective 1/1/2027. Beginning 1/1/2027, allows the State Board of Nursing to charge different fees for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a multistate license issued by the State. Appropriates general revenues.
Requires hospitals with emergency departments that are licensed in Hawaii to submit syndromic surveillance data to the Department of Health. Authorizes the Department of Health, as needed, to establish by administrative rules a syndromic surveillance system under state jurisdiction that is independent of federal systems.
Maddy summaryBased solely on the provided context, a substantive summary of HB 2302 cannot be generated. The official abstract states only "Short form bill relating to education" with no specific provisions described. The bill's recent actions (introduced, passed first reading, referred to Education committee) indicate its legislative status but reveal no policy content. Without details on the bill's specific requirements, affected parties, or mechanisms, any summary would be speculative. More information about the bill's actual text or committee reports is needed to provide an accurate summary.
