Sen. Les Ihara

Prohibits a hospital from assigning unlicensed assistive personnel to perform nursing care tasks, functions, and activities that would otherwise fall under the scope of practice of a registered nurse or permitting a registered nurse to delegate certain tasks, functions, and activities to unlicensed assistive personnel. Prohibits registered nurses from being assigned to a nursing unit or critical care area unless registered nurses receive orientation and demonstrate individual competency. Requires the department of health to adopt rules that establish requirements related to registered nurse-to-patient ratios in licensed hospitals. Requires a report to the legislature.

Requires retailers of household appliances to conspicuously display available energy efficiency rebates funded by the public benefits fee and state-specific energy operation costs. Requires the public benefits fee administrator to create and update the template to be used by retailers. Requires the Hawaii state energy office and administrator to give notice to retailers.

Establishes overtime limitations for nurses, nurse aides, and respiratory therapists. Takes effect 1/1/2022.

Authorizes forfeiture of certain employees' retirement system benefits for law enforcement officers who are convicted of an employment-related crime. Requires law enforcement officers under investigation for a felony offense to be placed on unpaid administrative leave, and if convicted, be permanently barred from employment as a law enforcement officer, private detective, or guard.

Requires the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to reevaluate its existing future investments in coal, oil, natural gas, oil and natural gas services, and pipeline companies; divest, at appropriate times over the next five years, the public fund's holdings in any such companies that have not invested more in clean renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics and wind power, than in fossil fuels or are not set up for favorable long term investment returns by having clear plans to abandon fossil fuels by 2030; search and evaluate potential future investment funds with indirect holdings devoid of coal, oil, natural gas, oil or natural gas services, and pipeline companies; and submit annual reports to the legislature.

Requires commercial helicopter owners and operators to submit reports to the Department of Transportation about basic helicopter flight information. Requires the Department of Transportation to post reports regarding helicopters to its website.

Increases from 1 parking space to 4 parking spaces the number of parking spaces that a place of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces is required to offer by 7/1/2026. Removes the exemption that owners of multiple places of public accommodation may offer electric vehicle parking spaces based on the aggregate number of parking spaces available in their properties. Establishes notification requirements and fines for noncompliance.

Authorizes allocation of supplemental categorical funding to remote schools, subject to legislative appropriation. Appropriates funds.

Beginning 07/01/2022, requires sellers to disclose whether the real property lies within the sea level rise exposure area designated by the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission or its successor.

Imposes a pay disparity general excise tax surcharge on any company conducting business in Hawaii whose top executive earns at least one hundred times more than the median income of company employees.