Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Establishes the Broadband and Digital Equity Special Fund.
Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. Applies this coverage to health benefits plans under the Hawaiʻi Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. Effective 1/1/2025.
Increases certain traffic fines and required motor vehicle insurance minimums.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Human Services for the Preschool Open Doors program. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the general fund expenditure ceiling.
Establishes a court's authority to issue an order restricting abusive litigation.
Enacts the interstate teacher mobility compact to reduce the barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies and crisis intervention officers. Requires the Department of Health to certify crisis intervention officers. Defines "crisis intervention officer". Authorizes crisis intervention officers to order persons determined to be imminently dangerous to themselves or others to be transported to a designated behavioral health crisis center. Establishes positions. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to convene workshops to aid electric utilities in the development and implementation of best practices regarding wildfires. Requires electric utilities to design and operate in compliance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan. Establishes a civil penalty for violations. Requires public utilities to report wildfires caused by or occurring in connection with their operations. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to investigate certain wildfires. Prohibits the reports as admissible evidence in any judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding.
Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles having noisy mufflers on public highways in high-density areas. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections of motor vehicle mufflers in high-density areas. Establishes separate fines for mopeds having noisy exhaust pipes or mufflers that are driven in high-density areas. Defines "high-density areas".
Requires the Department of Education to establish a teacher loan forgiveness program to assist in the payment of loans for teachers who commit to teaching in the Hawaiʻi public school system. Appropriates funds.
