Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Health for response activities and enforcement relating to the petroleum leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Requires compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act for an individual to enroll in a state-supported post-secondary educational institution; qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education; or be eligible for employment by or service for the State or any of its political subdivisions. Provides exceptions.
Creates a licensing scheme for digital currency companies to be regulated by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Division of Financial Institutions. Continues the study of use cases by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Appropriates funds.
Establishes the Hawaii Public Wireless Safety Act to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Creates an exception to the statute requiring that overtime compensation be paid for work performed for certain State public work projects on Saturdays, Sundays, and State holidays. Specifically, overtime compensation is not required for work performed on a Saturday of a week during which a condition or circumstance beyond the control of the contractor prevented workers from working for eight hours on one or more of the regularly scheduled Monday through Friday workdays, and the total hours of work performed on the project during the workweek by the worker has not exceeded forty hours.
Exempts any homestead development for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise taxes.
Provides an emergency appropriation for the department of education to build an agriculture innovation center.
Renames the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund to the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, authorizes the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to be used to give grants to child care facilities, adds federal funds as one of the fund sources for the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, changes the legislative report due date for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund from August 31 to twenty days prior to the start of the next legislative session, and deletes the authority to expend without an appropriation for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund statutes to conform to section 5 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution.
Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.
