Authorizes the election of the members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Establishes the elected office of Director of Hawaiian Home Lands, the holder of which shall have administrative oversight over the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Subject to congressional approval.
Requires DOE to provide comprehensive training for teachers and educational officers on sexual health topics that include positive and accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and other sexual orientations and gender identities and persons of color communities, to destigmatize and promote sexual health. Requires sexual health programs to include similar sexual health topics to destigmatize and promote sexual health.
Prohibits the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from charging qualified residents for community college tuition for regular courses of instruction. Authorizes the Board to charge certain students nonresident tuition community college fees for regular courses of instruction.
Requires corporations to include the income from all foreign subsidiaries in Hawaii taxable income. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2023.
Appropriates moneys to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months following the end of pregnancy.
Makes a person or entity liable for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when the person or entity knowingly enters state, county, or private property, knowingly enters a hiking trail that is closed to the public, or violates applicable laws, provided that the closure is posted by sign, barricade, or other device that gives reasonable notice of the closure. Requires counties and the state fire council to adopt rules as necessary to pursue reimbursements.
Requires coffee blend labels to disclose geographic and regional origins and per cent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a designated percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent by 1/1/2025. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in Hawaii.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to update facts and statistics on palila population decline on Mauna Kea and to investigate the results of the federal court mandate to eradicate sheep on Mauna Kea to protect palila populations. Requires a report to the Legislature.
Includes the use of traditional Native Hawaiian burial practices in the treatment and disposal of human remains, including the use of alkaline hydrolysis. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules.
Replaces the statutory requirement to include representatives of the pineapple and sugar industries on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides with requirements to include a representative of the Hawaii Farmers Union United and a public health professional on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Specifies that the member representing the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources be an integrated pest management specialist.
