Prohibits courts from considering parental alienation syndrome in determining child custody. Allows for the consideration of "harm" and "probable harm", rather than just "imminent harm", in Child Protective Act determinations.
Rep. Scot Matayoshi
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Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records. Requires that the digital database be completed and available for use no later than July 1, 2022.
Removes the limitation on specific types of wastewater systems to which cesspools must be upgraded or converted, and instead requires a cesspool to be upgraded or converted to a wastewater system approved by the department of health, prior to 1/1/2050.
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.
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
Requires the Hawaii emergency management agency and Hawaii tourism authority to implement a program to provide complimentary hotels rooms to certain healthcare workers and first responders who are at a higher risk of exposure to COVID19 and who want to limit the possibility of exposing their respective households and families to COVID-19.
Requires employers with five or more employees to provide meal and rest breaks under certain conditions. Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care.
Prohibits certain solar energy facilities on lands with soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class B.
Prohibits the imposition of restrictions on a person's ability to obtain or renew a driver's license or to register, renew the registration of, or transfer or receive title to a motor vehicle, as a consequence of unpaid monetary obligations under certain circumstances. Allows certain individuals to petition the court for a driver's license or motor vehicle clearance. Applies to monetary assessments incurred on or after November 1, 2020. (SD2)
Prohibits the suspension or expulsion of children participating in the Executive Office on Early Learning's Public Prekindergarten Program, except under limited circumstances. (SD2)