Expands exclusions from the definition of "development" as it applies to special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Designates the month of April of each year as Volunteer Month. Effective 7/1/2044. (HD1)
Establishes the creative arts workforce grant program, to be administered by the state foundation on culture and the arts. Appropriates funds for the creative arts workforce grant program. Effective 7/1/2044. (HD1)
Amends the child abuse and neglect reporting requirement to specify that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report information gained solely during a penitential communication, unless exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect. Specifies that the general rule of privilege applicable to confidential communications made to a member of the clergy does not apply to communications relating to known or suspected child abuse or neglect when exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect.
Designates ohia lehua as the state endemic tree. Effective 7/1/2044. (HD1)
Establishes a fire safety working group to determine if a full-time state fire marshal's office would be more effective than the existing state fire council in planning, executing, and promoting fire safety-related programs and topics in the State. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2023. Effective 12/25/2040. (HD1)
Amends the minimum qualifications for board of education members. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Creates a task force to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2044. (HD1)
Appropriates moneys to the department of labor and industrial relations, office of community services, to restore funding for immigrant resource centers. Effective 12/25/2040. (HD1)
Requires the governor's coordinator on homelessness to collect and maintain a database of private property owners who give prior consent for homeless service providers to enter an owner's private property, for purposes of administering homeless services to a homeless individual located on that private property. Requires a report to the legislature. Exempts homeless service providers from civil liability relating to trespass that may result from the administration of homeless services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
