Allows individual taxpayers sixty-five years of age or older with lower incomes to claim an additional exemption for purposes of the food/excise tax credit thereby providing relief from the general excise tax on food purchases.
Authorizes the use of the ranked choice method of voting for all partisan primary elections, special elections, and nonpartisan general elections held in this State.
Requires the Department of Health to fill the vacant division chief staff position within the Environmental Management Division by 10/1/2022 and consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations. Requires the Clean Water Branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories, inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories, and establish an Environmental Management Division Oversight Advisory Board. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a comprehensive review of the Environmental Management Division.
Requires the Department of Education Committee on Weights to consider the impact of its weighted student formula recommendations on small and remote schools.
Prohibits the distribution and sale of sunscreens containing avobenzone and octocrylene beginning January 1, 2024.
Provides that any goods provided to any state agency by the correctional industries program shall be: (1) produced or manufactured by the program; or (2) pre-existing goods that are substantially altered or customized by the program for the purpose of facilitating use of the goods by a state agency.
Permits composting and co-composting operations in agricultural districts. Appropriates funds to restore an environmental health specialist IV position to the solid and hazardous waste branch of the department of health.
Prohibits the sale or installation of natural gas-burning appliances such as water heaters, refrigerators, stoves, ranges, dishwashers, clothes dryers, air conditioners, decorative fireplaces, and other similar devices in new construction within the State.
Extends ohana zones pilot program to 06/30/2026. Appropriates funds for the continuation and stabilization of the program.
Requires the department of agriculture to partner with a Hawaii entity to establish a pilot USDA Harmonized GAP food safety training and certification program to help small- and medium-sized farms obtain the United States Department of Agriculture's Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices certification. Appropriates funds.
