Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics/Academics, Culture, and Health program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (SD2)
Amends the Criminal Justice Diversion Program including allowing examination of defendants via telehealth. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of agreements for post-booking jail diversion programs for district and circuit court in the first circuit. Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions. Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment as a condition of continued probation. Requires the Department of Health to contract with behavioral health crisis centers and to establish a statewide Hawaiʻi Urgency Response Center. Restores funding for probation officer services for the mental health court. Effective 7/1/3023. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaiʻi healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaiʻi community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the Pilot Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)
Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/2051. (SD2)
Establishes the Hawaiʻi agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)