Grants a 10-year license for 1 stand-alone, members-only casino in Waikiki, not in a hotel. Allows guests 21 years of age or older who register to stay 1 day and night at a hotel on Oahu for each day of admission at $20-per-day pass. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program.
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Allows direct shipment of beer and distilled spirits by certain licensees. Requires the liquor commission of each county to adopt rules and regulations.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-eighth representative district.
Requires the department of public safety to collaborate with the department of human services to review, periodically update, and implement the offender reentry system plan, as needed, and review, periodically update, and implement the reentry plans and curricula for adult offenders exiting the prison system.
Establishes a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise. Requires the consideration of nonfinancial conditions of release before bail is ordered.
Authorizes the Department of Human Services and Department of Health to appoint an existing employee to apply for and manage grants, request grant writing assistance from other state agencies, or contract or employ a dedicated capture manager for this purpose. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets on 6/30/2024.
Establishes the class C felony offense of theft of mail.
Requires auditor to conduct a comprehensive study of the health insurance plans in the State that administer the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.
Establishes a state lottery commission to implement a lottery of which excess proceeds are deposited into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to prevent the introduction of, and control the spread of, invasive species. Authorizes the commission to establish multistate lottery games. Appropriates funds.
Makes an appropriation to expand access to broadband in the State.