Establishes the offense of unlawful assembly or disassembly of a bicycle or moped on public property.
Establishes a substance abuse treatment special fund. Increases liquor tax rates to unspecified amounts. Allocates increased liquor tax revenues to the substance abuse treatment special fund.
Requires electronic smoking device of e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory. Imposes penalties.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study.
Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaiʻi to provide students who are residents of the State with scholarships in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of Education or Hawaiʻi public charter school, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds.
Establishes a working group within the Department of Health to comprehensively and systematically map the array of child and adolescent mental health programs and services statewide. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
Prohibits intentionally leaving or confining pet animals in a vehicle under conditions that endanger their health, safety, or well-being. Permits law enforcement officers, animal control officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to protect the health, safety, or well-being of a pet animal that is endangered by being left or confined in an unattended vehicle. Allows private citizens to rescue a pet animal that has been left in an unattended vehicle under certain circumstances.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the basis to marriage shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race or sex.
Requires all school bus contracts to require contractor's vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel by January 1, 2035.
Establishes the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to obtain federal approval, make reports, and adopt rules. Appropriates funds.
