Sen. Brickwood Galuteria

Appropriates funds for programs and other efforts to help persons suffering from multiple chronic conditions, including coordinated treatment, centralized referral, case managers, and peer mentors. (SB3107 HD1)

Establishes the biosecurity emergency response special fund within the Department of Agriculture. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates moneys into the special fund. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Establishes a task force to conduct a comprehensive analysis and evaluation on all general education courses and high attendance courses taught at the University of Hawaii system to use no- or low-cost options for those courses. (SB2328 HD1)

Requires the State Procurement Policy Board to conduct annual compliance examinations of procurement contracts that are over $50,000 of an unspecified minimum number of executive departments, divisions, or agencies. Requires the State Procurement Policy Board to also select any department, division, or agency for a compliance examination to ensure compliance with the State Procurement Code. Requires the State Procurement Office to report its findings to the legislature. (SB2602 HD1)

Adopts the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act and codifies the Act. Amends the Money Transmitters Act to expressly apply to persons engaged in the transmission of virtual currency. Requires a licensee dealing with virtual currency to provide a warning to a consumer prior to entering into an agreement with the consumer. (SB3082 HD1)

Requires each department to deduct the department's total salary overpayment from the department's budget request for the following fiscal biennium. Requires that employees who exhaust their sick leave be placed on a manual accounting system. Removes the two-year statute of limitations on determination and collection from an employee of salary and wage overpayment. (SB2598 HD1)

PART I: Clarifies restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage for a single price shall make the default beverage a healthy beverage. PART II: Establishes a home care agency licensing program in the Department of Health. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt interim rules to effectuate the licensing program. Requires the Department of Health to issue temporary licenses for home care agencies until the Department approves or disapproves the application in accordance with their interim rules. Requires the Department of Health to report to the Legislature on the progress of the licensing program. (SB2056 HD2)

Caps increases in tuition for the University of Hawaii based on the change in the State's median household income. Requires the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization to conduct a study regarding tuition affordability and the Consumer Price Index. (SB2329 HD1)

Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative. (SB2563 HD1)