Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, and bicycles to wear safety helmets.
Requires the Department of Education to establishes within the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund subaccounts for each school. Authorizes principals to spend the moneys in the subaccounts for minor repairs and maintenance or minor energy efficiency measures of school facilities.
Prohibits any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district except in emergency circumstances to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health. Requires no less than a one-half mile buffer zone for the construction, operation, modification, or expansion of a municipal solid waste landfill unit.
Makes explicit the counties' authority to regulate hosting platforms providing booking services for short-term rentals. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, or portion thereof, in definition of "short-term rental" for this purpose.
Clarifies that the corporation counsel or county attorney of a county may file suit to recover damages under Hawaii's antitrust laws or any comparable provisions of federal law.
Establishes a network improvement community task force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teacher education degree for the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
Provides for a mechanism to adjust the transient accommodations tax rate based on visitor arrivals for a calendar year. Requires the director of DBEDT to determine and publish visitor arrivals annually.
Requires the office of planning to conduct a feasibility study on assessing tourism green fees.
Appropriates funds to increase access to mental health services across the University of Hawaii system.
