Requires the department of education to construct and implement sensory rooms for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in all public schools. Appropriates funds for the planning, design, and construction of the sensory rooms. Appropriates funds for special education teachers to staff the sensory rooms.
Specifies that the allocation of the state bond ceiling to the State shall be used entirely for housing related projects. Requires counties that elect to receive their allocation to do so by resolution and specify the allocation amount requested. Removes the authorization for counties or issuers to request additional allocations of the state bond ceiling. Prioritizes projects of counties that assign their allocation back to the State over projects of counties with their own private activity bond issuance program. Requires counties or issuers that retain their allocation to submit quarterly reports on the status or use of any allocation. Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State. Changes the dates for reverted or remaining allocations and requires certain reverted or remaining allocations to be used for housing related projects. Sunsets on 12/31/2027.
Creates a task force to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2044. (HD1)
Requires the governor's coordinator on homelessness to collect and maintain a database of private property owners who give prior consent for homeless service providers to enter an owner's private property, for purposes of administering homeless services to a homeless individual located on that private property. Requires a report to the legislature. Exempts homeless service providers from civil liability relating to trespass that may result from the administration of homeless services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to establish, implement, and maintain an interactive website that is accessible by the public at no cost and provides notification of and opportunity for participation in actions taken pursuant to the State's environmental review process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
Implementation of IRS pre-tax savings plans to assist first time home buyers with saving for down payment and closing costs.
Requires DBEDT to provide support services to new businesses. Establishes a separate general excise tax rate for a business's first five years of operation. Exempts a business from paying any fees related to licensing and registration within its first five years of operation. Allows individuals to continue to receive unemployment benefits while in the process of starting a business. Requires the state procurement office to advise government bodies to allocate at least five percent of funding to procure goods and services from new businesses in the State. Prohibits savings and loan associations from requiring a signed confession of judgment from a small business as a condition of receiving a loan.
Request for funding for Kaiser High School capital improvement projects to modernize infrastructure; plan, design, and build model of an on-campus complex for visual and performing arts; and improve the Kaiser athletics complex.
Establishes a temporary task force focused on providing mechanisms for creating a local housing market. Makes an appropriation.
Seeks to prohibit under legal penalties the foreclosure of rental properties, both residential and commercial, during a state of emergency for public health crises.
