Enables the director of commerce and consumer affairs to license counselors from states which participate in the Counseling Compact.
Establishes a two-year water neutrality turf replacement pilot program in the county of Maui department of water supply to provide financial incentives to replace irrigated turf with turf or other plants that use less water. Requires a report to the legislature by 11/1/2025. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.
Mandatory mental health screening for arrested persons who are houseless. Supportive services provided by social worker or psychiatrist, doing the evaluation.
Establishes a task force to identify the top ten fruits or vegetables that are imported into the State but may be commercially grown in the State. Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the production of those fruits or vegetables to obviate the need to import them into the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
Repeals Chapters 236D and 236E inheritance and estate tax.
Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner. Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner. Makes conforming amendments.
Establishes the offense of loitering on public property and adds trespassing on public property to the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree. Establishes the homeless case management program and special fund, administered by the judiciary for the benefit of homeless persons.
Directs state departments to implement four day, forty hour work weeks. Addresses worker concerns of traffic congestion, commuting concerns, and work life balance.
Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for items with a retail price under $2,000; provided that businesses pass savings on to consumers.
