Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program and Special Fund within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds for positions and a vision screening and eye assessment tool, and to implement, expand, and sustain the program. (SB1522 HD1)
Appropriates funds to UH to increase graduate assistant stipends. (SB315 HD1)
Establishes that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.
Appropriates funds for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to be expended by the University of Hawaii to support student mentors and tutors at community colleges. (SB317 HD1)
Requires the Judiciary to collaborate with the Office of Youth Services to establish a task force to determine existing diversion programs statewide that can assist the State's youth, and to consider the post-youth needs of the eighteen to twenty-four year old population in order to provide a continuum of care. (SB1019 HD2)
Clarifies the grant application process requirements for organizations that may receive a grant from the State. Specifies additional grant application process requirements for nonprofit organizations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Amends the composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, and reduces the number of board members from 15 members to 11 members. Specifies terms of holdover board members. Specifies that the Board of Regents shall hold the president of the University of Hawaii and university administration accountable for decisions, actions, and leases that incur additional costs to the university. (SB919 HD2)
Requires an owner or occupier of agricultural land to notify the Land Use Commission of the agricultural uses for which land was subdivided. Grants the Commission enforcement authority over conditions, restrictions, uses, and subdivision of agricultural lands, including the right to enter and inspect lands, issue orders, and impose fines or liens for violations. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
Requires financial disclosure statements of state agency executive directors to be public records available for inspection and duplication.
Proposes an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the requirement that the Governor make appointments to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from pools of qualified candidates presented to the Governor by the Candidate Advisory Council for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. (SB928 HD2)
