Appropriates moneys for residential programs that allow minor children to remain with their mothers, to reduce the risk of trauma and multigenerational incarceration, including communitybased furlough programs, residential drug treatment programs, therapeutic community programs, and mental health programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Repeals the 6/30/2022 sunset date of Act 14, SLH 2020, which established statutory provisions relating to hemp production and processing.
Requires the department of transportation to amend the adopt-a-highway program to reduce the minimum number of years a program participant must agree to clean up litter on a highway from two years to one year. Appropriates funds for the department of transportation to establish an anti-litter campaign.
Establishes the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission within the Department of Public Safety to provide oversight over state correctional facilities that incarcerate women, receive and investigate complaints from incarcerated women, monitor the criminal justice system's progress in implementing reforms, and monitor programs and data that are important to ensuring successful outcomes for women in the correctional system. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the Bank of the State of Hawaii working group to propose legislation to establish a state-operated bank of the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.
Establishes within the judiciary a five-year recidivism prevention pilot program consisting of three components: a housing voucher program, child care voucher program, and income tax credit for employers to assist the reentry efforts of certain individuals who exited the Women's Community Correctional Center, for two years after the exit. Establishes five transition navigator positions within the judiciary. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. Repeals 7/1/27. (HD1)
Appropriates moneys to fund reentry planning circles for incarcerated women. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Prohibits the sale or distribution of consumer goods for which a deceptive claim about the recyclability of the product or packaging is made. Requires the department of health to collect data and issue a material characterization study on recyclable materials collected in the State. Establishes standards for recyclability of products in the State. Prohibits the sale of any product that is labeled as compostable or biodegradable unless the product meets specified criteria.
Establishes the Office of Health Equity within the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.
Makes owners and operators of golf courses and driving ranges strictly liable for property damage to surrounding residential properties caused by golf balls hit by patrons of the golf course or driving range unless the owners and operators can show they took reasonable steps to prevent golf balls from leaving the golf course or driving range.