Appropriates funds for prefabricated, modular, or kauhale-type housing for individuals impacted by the Lahaina wildfire.
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.
Establishes the Hawaiʻi Cannabis Authority and Cannabis Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning January 1, 2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes for adult-use cannabis sales. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets Department of Agriculture to the Hawaiʻi Cannabis Authority. Appropriates funds.
Establishes fines for any person who sets off fireworks without a valid permit and while a red flag warning is in effect.
Establishes heightened penalties for the assault and terroristic threatening of health care workers. Clarifies the definition of "terroristic threatening" to include the methods of contact.
Allows tenants who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs and threefold damages.
Allows the counties to impose, by ordinance, enhanced penalties for graffiti in certain designated zones and supersede graffiti sentencing requirements under the Penal Code.
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.
Requires the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to compile a list of approved archaeologists to ensure the quality and integrity of archaeological services contracted by developers. Specifies information to be included in an archaeological inventory survey.
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.
