Requires the department of education conduct a comprehensive cost analysis of the department's food services and student meals programs to, in part, increase the use of locally grown agricultural products. Requires a report to the legislature.
Requires each county to adopt ordinances that require wind turbines and other wind-powered energy systems to be set back at least 10 feet for each 1 foot of the system's height, measured from the highest vertical extension of the system, from all property lines on any land classified as urban or rural land.
Requires that an emergency permit for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of shoreline hardening structures be valid for up to three years and may not be renewed or extended. Establishes penalties for persons who build, improve, or maintain a shoreline hardening structure without a valid permit. Requires the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to administer and enforce the penalties.
Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know the senior victim's age. Effective 1/1/2022.
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. (SD2)
Exempts artisan-scale composting operations from department of health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills.
Prohibits a sex offender from residing within two thousand feet of the sex offender's former victim or the victim's immediate family members. Requires the sex offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address. (SD1)
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse must be initiated. Extends the period during which a victim of childhood sexual abuse may bring an otherwise time-barred action against the victim's abuser or an entity having a duty of care. Allows recovery of treble damages in certain circumstances. Prohibits settlement agreements and court orders that restrict disclosure of certain information. Provides for training on trauma-informed response. Applies retroactively to 4/24/2020.
Appropriates federal funds to support the work of the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
Requires the department of accounting and general services to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the state capitol and surrounding grounds. Amends provisions regarding the internal governance of the state capitol management committee. Requires the department of accounting and general services to submit annual reports to the legislature regarding the enhanced security plan. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
