Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Maddy summaryHB 2045 replaces "Statehood Day" with "La Hoihoi Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day" as the official state holiday. This change directly affects state government operations, public schools, and agencies that observe state holidays, requiring them to recognize the new name instead of the previous one. The bill does not create a new holiday but formally renames an existing observance. It is currently in committee referral after passing its first reading.

Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires public charter schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to provide free meals to students whose family income is no more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer a Hawaii Rx kids program to improve the economic stability of households with very young children who reside in the State through a one-time payment and several monthly payments.

Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish the Hawaii Made IT Program to certify local information technology vendors for use by state and county agencies in procurement. Establishes vendor requirements. Establishes reporting requirements.

Maddy summaryHB 1681 creates a new criminal offense for sharing intimate images without the person's consent. It directly affects individuals who distribute such images without permission, making this act a punishable offense. The key provision establishes specific penalties for this nonconsensual distribution, targeting a clear privacy violation. The bill focuses on defining and penalizing this specific behavior to protect individuals' privacy rights. (This is a substantive policy change, not a procedural measure.)

Elevates criminal penalties for assaults committed against educational workers and sports officials, while preserving appropriate judicial discretion at sentencing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Requires cooperative housing corporations, planned community associations, and condominium associations to allow owners to display the Hawaiian flag within the owner's property. Allows reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on Hawaiian flag displays to protect a substantial interest of the association or corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Requires cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents. Requires cash transactions that total $0.01 or $0.02 to be rounded up to $0.05. Exempts transactions in which payment is made by demand or negotiable instrument, electronic fund transfer, check, gift card, money order, credit card, or other like instrument or method.

Ensures Department of Education and charter school students receive nonpartisan information, before reaching voting age, on how to properly preregister or register to vote.

Authorizes the use of conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in a habitat conservation plan and associated incidental take license. Amends the membership and scope of authority for the Endangered Species Recovery Committee.