Requires the department of human services to develop a preschool child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed child care facilities for preschool children aged two through five. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Clarifies the deadline for submitting written protests that are based on the content of a solicitation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the Hawaiʻi child nutrition programs agency in the department of human services. Establishes a grant program to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Establishes three permanent full-time equivalent positions (3.0 FTE). Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to establish and administer a family leave insurance program. Provides family leave insurance benefits and extends the period of family leave to 16 weeks for businesses that employ one or more employees who meet the hourly qualifications. Eliminates the previous threshold of 100 employees for employers to be subject to the family leave law. Appropriates funds.
Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.
Establishes a nonrefundable state child tax credit. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1)
Allows bidders to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information required as part of a bid submission for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Requires that bids for construction be opened no sooner than twenty-four hours after the deadline for the submission of bids. Defines "immaterial or technical information". Repeals 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2023.
Adds specific requirements for sexuality health education programs funded by the State. Requires the Board of Education and Department of Education to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public. Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon the written request of the student's parent or legal guardian.
Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaiʻi taskforce within the Department of Health. Requires the task force to make annual recommendations to the Legislature on ways to reduce suicide rates in the State by 25% by 2025. Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2027.
