Transfers regulation of electronic smoking devices from AG's office to DOTAX. Establishes procedures for licensing and permitting of electronic smoking device retailers. Increases tobacco licensing and permitting fees. Allocates $200,000 of new e-liquid excise tax to the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund.
Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from using for-profit prisons to house inmates by 2035.
Requires a retailer of certain batteries to implement a program in which the retailer accepts used batteries for reuse, recycling, or other means of disposal. Requires the Department of Health to expand its recycling operations to accommodate the recycling of batteries. Appropriates moneys.
Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and program audit of the Department of Education's policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, especially as they apply to students who are members of certain minority groups.
Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study that reevaluates the costs and feasibility of constructing a zipper lane along the H-1 freeway in the westbound direction for use during the afternoon hours.
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.
Authorizes certain substitute caregivers in certain care facilities to serve in that capacity for a maximum of 6 hours per day.
Requires the College of Engineering of the University of Hawaii to conduct a traffic study to identify ways to alleviate traffic congestion at the intersection of University Avenue and Dole Street in Honolulu. Appropriates funds for the study.
Establishes a task force within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to research and make recommendations on how to mitigate flooding in Manoa Valley. Requires a report to the Legislature and the Honolulu City Council.
Designates 9/11 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka Day.
