Rep. Jeanné Kapela

Requires the department of public safety to develop a pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool and conduct internal pretrial female risk and needs assessments to measure the female offender's risk of flight, criminal conduct, or harm to the community. Requires the pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool to consider factors important to women when considering their risk to reoffend and treatment needs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources (LNR402) for research, extension, and control of the little fire ant and other harmful ants. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Requires the department of agriculture to be responsible for all neighbor island inspection permit fees for service animals that are located in the State and are being transported for release at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airport. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Establishes a temporary income tax credit until 12/31/2035 for costs of cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection. Requires the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools upon sale of real property or within 12 months of the date of sale recordation, with certain exemptions. Appropriates funds for additional positions to monitor and enforce cesspool upgrades, conversions, and connections. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)

Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover mandated services for mammography at least as favorably as coverage for other radiological examinations. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)

Requires all boards to livestream meetings and archive the recordings online. Requires a board to identify each item on its meeting agenda as an item for action or an item for discussion and allow for oral testimony after each agenda item. Amends time frame requirements for the posting of board meeting minutes and board packets. Requires board meeting minutes and board packets to be posted online. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)

Requires the department of public safety, in collaboration with the office of Hawaiian affairs, to create a Native Hawaiian rehabilitation program for prison inmates that puts an emphasis on preserving Native Hawaiian values and cultural practices. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Requires psychologists licensed in the State to complete at least three hours of continuing education per licensing biennium on topics relating to cultural diversity, cultural competence, or health equity. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)

Requires the offender reentry office of the department of public safety to develop and implement a risk needs assessment tool that is specifically intended to assess the needs of female offenders. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Temporarily allows licensed teachers who have retired to be employed as teachers during a state of emergency and within twelve months of their retirement. Effective 7/1/2051. Repeals on 6/30/2023. (HD2)