Establishes the right of persons to record law enforcement activities. Establishes a private right of action for violations of the right.
Prohibits the issuance of warrants, including no-knock warrants, that permit entry by an officer to a house, store, or other building without first audibly declaring the officer's office and business. Requires law enforcement officers serving an arrest warrant at a house or a search warrant at a house, store, or other building to audibly declare the officer's office and business and wait at least thirty seconds for compliance before entry. Requires officers serving a warrant to do so while wearing an authorized uniform and activated body-worn video camera.
Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a laboratory capable of testing for diseases and air and water quality issues and other high complexity testing. Appropriates moneys.
Requires DCCA to maintain and make public a list of persons that performed work without the required contractor license. Requires that certain documents be submitted to DCCA for projects being conducted pursuant to the owner-builder exemption of the contractor licensing law. Establishes fees based on the estimated value of the work to be performed by the owner-builder, to be used to pay for county building inspections. Requires owner-builders to provide written permission for a county to enter the property for inspection prior to a county issuing a building permit.
Establishes legal personhood for Mauna Kea. Requires the board of land and natural resources and board of regents of the University of Hawaii to provide certain information prior to approving any use, activity, lease, license, permit, or easement on Mauna Kea. Establishes the Mauna Kea legal personhood working group to review measures enacted by various jurisdictions to protect the rights of nature.
Prohibits discrimination, including in advertisements for available real property, based on participation in a housing assistance program or requirements related to participation in housing assistance programs, in real estate transactions and requirements.
Specifies the documentation needed for a military spouse to receive a temporary licensure by endorsement. Requires issuance of the license within 30 days of the application and supporting documents.
Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses, violations, and nonviolent petty misdemeanor and misdemeanor offenses, with certain exceptions. Creates rebuttable presumptions regarding release and detention for certain offenses and specifies circumstances in which these presumptions apply.
Requires public school students to complete a course in ethnic studies. Requires the superintendent of education to develop a model curriculum in ethnic studies, circulate the curriculum for public comment, and obtain approval of the curriculum from the board of education. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
