Establishes and appropriates funds for the sustainable food systems working group and positions within the Department of Agriculture. Requires report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Requires the family court circuit of where a person resides is living, or is found, or in which the offense is alleged to have occurred to take jurisdiction for offenses concerning any person who is alleged to have committed an act before achieving eighteen years of age that would constitute a violation or attempted violation of any federal, state, or local law or county ordinance.
Requires contested cases, environmental assessment cases, or environmental impact statement cases involving large-scale renewable energy projects over twenty megawatts in size to be appealed from an agency's decision directly to the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court for final decision. Requires the cases to be prioritized and decided expeditiously. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Requires the Department of Agriculture's Aquaculture Development Program to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for restorative aquaculture activities. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds for the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency to purchase a Striker fire truck to be housed on a Department of Defense facility on Maui. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken project and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Requires the Hawaiʻi Ant Lab to share data collected related to invasive ant surveys with the Department of Agriculture and Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds for the Hawaiʻi Ant Lab to support little fire ant mitigation and eradication efforts. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Establishes a Smoking Sensor Rebate Program under the Department of Health to offer a rebate for installation of smoking sensors that can detect a smoking incident within smoking-prohibited areas. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
