Authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to maintain a forum on its website where specified state-licensed care facilities may post vacancy information. Requires DOH to convene a working group to discuss and provide feedback on the implementation and maintenance of the forum. Appropriates funds.
Establishes disclosure and public notification requirements for outdoor application of pesticides in various sensitive areas or by large-scale, outdoor commercial agricultural operations. Establishes a pilot program that creates a vegetative buffer zone around five selected schools near a commercial agricultural production area. Effective July 31, 2150. (HB1571 HD1)
Amends general excise tax exemptions to include sales of food products by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and the Boy Scouts of America provided that profits from those sales are used exclusively to further the purposes of the organization.
Establishes the Hawaii college service corps to provide recent high school graduates with tuition waivers and college credit for participation in qualifying college service corps programs.
Annually increases minimum wage 1/1/18 - 1/1/2021. On 9/30/2021 and thereafter requires DLIR to adjust the minimum hourly wage in accordance with the Honolulu region consumer price index. Deletes tip credit.
Prohibits certain restraints and tethers that endanger or deny sustenance to a dog. Specifies penalties. (HB55 HD1)
Establishes a working families tax credit. Requires the Department of Taxation to prepare an annual report on the tax credit’s usage for the previous year.
Appropriates funds to issue civil identification cards to inmates upon request prior to their release from prison.
Specifies that the minimum term of a deferred deposit, or payday loan, shall be no less than six months with no penalty for early redemption. Caps the allowable interest rate at forty-five per cent and requires reimbursement of the prorated interest amount charged upon prepayment.
Establishes the Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at a University of Hawaii community college. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program. (HB1591 HD2)
