Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for adult use. Establishes the Hawaii cannabis commission to oversee the regulation of adult use cannabis manufacturers and retailers. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-sixth representative district.
Prohibits the display of aquatic mammals in the State.
Appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a comprehensive approach to successful prisoner reentry and integration that provides supports to inmates while incarcerated and after their release. Establishes a pilot program within the Judiciary to allow minor children to remain with their mothers while the mothers are participating in therapeutic, drug treatment, or other residential programs. Establishes within the Judiciary a 5-year recidivism prevention pilot program consisting of the housing voucher program; child care voucher program; and employer income tax credit program. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety an offender reset program to oversee development and implementation of comprehensive pre- and post-release programs to assist offenders who are transitioning back into the community. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety, Judiciary, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health.
Establishes within the department of land and natural resources a Makua valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land. Requires a report to the legislature.
Expands the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal.
Establishes duration, environmental, and other restrictions on public lands leased to the military.
Beginning no later than 1/1/2025: requires farm owners or operators to confine egg-laying hens in accordance with certain standards, with exceptions; prohibits a business owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products that are produced by egg-laying hens that were confined in a manner that violates certain standards, with exceptions; and requires the department of agriculture to certify a business owner or operator who sells shell eggs or egg products within the State.
Requires the chief election officer to develop and distribute a voter information guide for all candidates running for state office, including candidates running for any trustee position of the office of Hawaiian affairs. Requires the office of elections to submit options for different voter information guides and their respective cost estimates to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2024.
Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to award credits to parolees for compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision that accordingly reduce the overall term of parole supervision.
