Rep. Scot Matayoshi

Requires the department of education to develop a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a conversion charter school to enroll a student if the student's individualized education program prescribes that the charter school provides support for blind, deaf, or hard of hearing students. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Requires the University of Hawaii to include in certain employment agreements that address intellectual property rights a condition requiring the employees to make a good faith effort to sell or license intellectual property to a farmer or agricultural producer within the State prior to selling or licensing the intellectual property to an entity outside the State. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)

Requires the harbors division of the department of transportation to inspect shipments landing at a commercial harbor within the division's jurisdiction and originating from a geographic location that is known to manufacture, use, or export aerial fireworks. Requires the harbors division to use specialized canine units to perform these inspections. Appropriates moneys.

Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Extends by three years the requirement that the department of health furnish, free of charge, certified copies of birth certificates for any individual who is homeless, provided the individual's homeless status is corroborated by a verification letter issued by a homeless service provider. Repeals June 30, 2024.

Allows boards to use interactive conference technology to remotely conduct public meetings under the sunshine law and outlines the requirements for such meetings. Allows boards to require information for purposes of contact tracing in times of emergency due to a contagious disease. Allows for the holding of in-person meetings at multiple sites connected by interactive conference technology. Requires that notices include the board's electronic and postal contact information.

Repeals the requirement that noncarbonated bottled water be transported, stored, processed, or bottled through lines or equipment through which only water is passed. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-eighth representative district.

Amends the definition of "historic property" to mean a building, structure, object, district, area, or site that is over 100 years old. Limits the applicability of section 6E-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires review of certain proposed projects, to privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units and townhouses that are over 100 years old and meet other statutory criteria.

Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic devices to make diagnostic and repair information available to owners of equipment manufactured by the original equipment manufacturer and independent repair providers.