Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with various agencies to research and develop a mechanism for increased water circulation in Pokai Bay.
Establishes property owner liability for illegal aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from statements from witnesses and photographs, video, or other recordings authenticated by witnesses. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from anonymous recordings made using an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Authorizes a county to adopt rules or ordinances that place stricter limitations on a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while the vehicle is in operation.
Appropriates funds for schools in the Nanakuli-Waianae Complex Area for capital improvement projects to install, repair, and maintain air conditioning in those schools.
Requires each campus of the University of Hawaii to establish a free speech policy that includes a process for students to report alleged violations of free speech rights. Requires the policy to be disseminated to certain employees and be included in the campus's student handbook, student orientation program, and website. Requires annual report summarizing any complaints alleging violation of free speech rights.
Amends the refundable food/excise tax adjusted gross income brackets and the accompanying credit amounts.
Amends positions and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects related to Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
Authorizes certain substitute caregivers in certain care facilities to serve in that capacity for a maximum of 6 hours per day.
Creates a legislative task force to investigate the application and the accompanying advantages and disadvantages of applying artificial intelligence to Hawaii's economy and government operations.
Amends the definition of "employer" in chapter 388, HRS, to include the State and counties when a provision in that chapter has no comparable provision in chapter 78, HRS.
