Establishes public disclosure requirements for video footage obtained by law enforcement body-worn or vehicle cameras.
Creates penalty for health care providers who fail to provide auxiliary aids or services to patients with a communication disability.
Establishes a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
Requires the Hawaii Health Authority (HHA) to submit an updated comprehensive health plan to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the hiring of an executive director and other staff and other expenses necessary for HHA to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
Permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products beginning on January 1, 2018 to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions, including while pending participation in the federal expanded access program.
Requires building permit applicant and their subcontractors to have and verify workers' compensation coverage or an exemption from coverage. Requires coordinated communication between county building permitting agencies and the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to ensure compliance.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth senatorial district.
Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct a feasibility study on the viability of an integrated, multi-crop production system for palm-based vegetable oil for producing raw vegetable oil that can be refined into biofuel and to submit a report on the department's findings and recommendations to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
Legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of marijuana in a specified quantity. Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments. Subjects marijuana establishments to excise taxes and income taxes.
Prohibits keeping open any exterior door or window in a commercial building while an air conditioner or central cooling system is operating to cool the air surrounding the area adjacent to the open door or window after 1/1/2019. Requires the state building code council to adopt applicable codes and standards for retrofitting existing commercial buildings and designing new commercial constructions to be compliant.
