Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2021-2023 for the Office of the Trustees (OHA150), Office of Hawaiian Affairs Administration (OHA160), and Beneficiary Advocacy (OHA175). Amends Act 37, SLH 2019. Effective 7/1/2021. (CD1)
Changes the state of mind required for section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, penalties to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly. (SD2)
Updates the definition of "property" as it relates to offenses against property rights under the penal code to expressly include property stored in an electronic medium. (SD1)
Converts the executive officer, public information officer, civil defense administrative officer, branch chiefs, and emergency operations center state warning point personnel in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status. (CD1)
Adds immunity from civil and criminal liability for individuals who provide information or assistance in child abuse investigations. Effective 6/30/2021. (SD1)
Exempts dependents of military service members from state residency requirement for government employment if the military service member is in Hawaii on bona fide military orders. Allows a spouse of an active duty service member in the military who accompanies the service member a permanent change of station to Hawaii and holds a current, unencumbered license in another jurisdiction in specific professions to apply for licensure on an expedited basis in the State. Effective 1/1/2022. (SD2)
Establishes the statute of limitations for all claims against the state founded upon article I, section 20, of the Hawaii State Constitution, regarding eminent domain, shall be two years. (CD1)
