Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes a county to require the subdivider or developer to establish a stewardship fund, controlled by the county, for maintenance purposes.
Prohibits the public carry of firearms in sensitive places and upon private business establishment or charitable establishment premises, except under certain circumstances.
Short form bill relating to the environment.
Establishes the water neutrality task force to develop a plan for Hawaiʻi to become water-neutral by the year 2050. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the state public charter school commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements. Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Ka‘ena point state park, Makua, and Keawa‘ula regions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school bus services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes the Hawaiʻi Zero Waste Initiative to, among other things, manage the State's transition to a zero solid waste economy. Establishes the Packaging Waste Advisory Council. Allows the establishment of a nonprofit producer responsibility organization. Requires the Department of Health to develop an assessment of statewide needs to determine the resources required to reduce packaging waste by seventy per cent from the baseline amount by 2035 and develop a program proposal and draft legislation to establish a producer-funded Packaging Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
Gives authority to the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal law, with regard to exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Resources to contract for a study on the gender pay gap within the government of the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.
