Requires each county's Director of Finance, in consultation with the County Examiner of Drivers, to establish an Interpreter Services Program to assist Compact of Free Association citizens with utilizing the services provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles of each county. Appropriates funds.
Establishes the short-term rental assistance fund and short-term rental assistance program. Makes an appropriation.
Increases the cap to be paid into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund from Conveyance Tax revenues from $38,000,000 to $43,000,000.
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
Establishes the early childhood education scholarship program within the University of Hawaii to assist students with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in a preschool classroom of the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program. Appropriates funds.
Excludes Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-eligible grocery staples from general excise tax assessment.
Appropriates funds to expand civic education in public schools.
Levies a tiered surcharge on certain helicopters that fly below altitudes less than two thousand feet above ground level if within a certain radius of a residential area or occupied agricultural or commercial area, regardless of whether the helicopter is transporting passengers. Grants certain exemptions.
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse may 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 a legal entity having a duty of care. Allows recovery of treble damages in certain circumstances. Provides for training on trauma-informed response.
Requires a retail establishment with an employee toilet facility to allow a customer suffering from an eligible medical condition to use that restroom during normal business hours, under certain conditions. Exempts a retail establishment and employees from civil liability in allowing an eligible customer to use an employee toilet facility. Establishes fines.
