Requires the department of health to establish a reverse vending machine pilot program to provide grants to deploy reverse vending machines in the State. Allows moneys from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to be used for grants to deploy reverse vending machines. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Rep. Dee Morikawa
Sponsored bills
Temporarily expands the state rent supplement program to specifically target qualified individuals who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires HPHA to submit annual reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Extends the school supply subsidy pilot program established pursuant to Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 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 land and natural resources to create a strategic plan for maintenance dredging of important port and harbor locations and report the plan to the legislature. Requires the department of land and natural resources to complete a minimum of two projects identified in the strategic plan. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school bus services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaiʻi deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a report to the Legislature.
Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate a new animal slaughterhouse on the island of Oahu. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Clarifies when the termination of peer-to-peer car-sharing occurs for purposes of motor vehicle insurance. Clarifies the application of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance laws as to other entities that make available rental vehicles under state law. Repeals the sunset of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. (HD1)
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the income tax code. Adds advanced practice registered nurses as primary providers in advance mental health care directives. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to make capacity determinations for purposes of advance mental health care directives. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)