Establishes a Virtual Center for Women in Technology at the University of Hawaii. Repeals on June 30, 2023. (HB2121 HD1)
Prohibits teachers and persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on students and persons under eighteen years of age.
Establishes a farm to school grant pilot program within the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to participants in the Hawaii farm to school program. Requires the Farm to School Coordinator to report to the Legislature. Makes appropriations. (HB2497 HD1)
Requires all places of public accommodation constructed or substantially modified after June 30, 2018 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women. (HB2504 HD1)
Makes any violation of part II, chapter 200, HRS, a civil offense rather than a criminal offense.
Includes a hospice home operated by a hospice service agency as a state-licensed or state-certified health care facility subject to Department of Health inspections. Requires the licensure of hospice service agencies. (HB2450 HD1)
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study regarding a pilot program to pay for Hawaii residents to attend a college of medicine in the Philippines in exchange for a commitment to practice medicine in Hawaii after graduation. (HB2465 HD1)
Establishes within the Department of Human Services a Hawaii County Homeless Villages program. Waives applicable state permitting and construction fees for the program. Exempts the State from claims arising out of the provision of housing or services to homeless persons. Establishes the homeless villages special fund. Provides immunity from civil liability to volunteers and state employees who provide housing or services to homeless persons. Appropriates funds. (HB2461 HD1)
Appropriates moneys for start-up grants to assist pre-opening public charter schools. (HB2167 HD1)
Clarifies that state, county, and authorized agents' authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species also applies when there is a reasonable suspicion that invasive species are present on that property. (HB2045 HD1)
