Establishes the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program, administered by the Hawaii Retirement Savings Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Budget and Finance, to provide a state-facilitated payroll-deduction individual retirement savings plan to private sector employees who do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement savings plans beginning on an implementation date to be determined by the board. Authorizes an implementation and evaluation study, followed by an implementation strategy and timetable, prior to implementation of the program. Provides a state match of up to $500 to the accounts of the first 50,000 covered employees who participate in the program for twelve consecutive months after initial enrollment. (CD1)
Sen. Donna Kim
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Excludes from any waiting list maintained by the department of Hawaiian home lands any lessee or successor who sells or transfers their lease on a tract of Hawaiian home lands for personal gain. (CD1)
Establishes the Hawaii Genetic Information Privacy Act. Requires direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to adhere to certain requirements pertaining to the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data. Establishes fines for violations. Allows the Office of Consumer Protection to bring civil action against violators. (CD1)
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to require the staff of licensed and registered early childhood programs to annually provide specific information to the Department's Early Childhood Workforce Registry. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
Amends the minimum qualifications for Board of Education members. (CD1)
Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for sea level rise in all future or amended transportation projects. Requires all Department of Transportation highway, harbor, and airport projects to conform to certain carbon concrete standards except in certain circumstances. Takes effect 7/1/2022. (CD1)
Establishes a School Garden Coordinator position within the Department of Education. Makes an appropriation to fund the position and related expenses. (CD1)
Establishes the position of Summer Learning Coordinator within the Department of Education. Makes an appropriation to fund the position. (CD1)
Establishes the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions within the Department of Human Services to be headed by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness. Appropriates funds for the administration of the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Establishes five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions. (CD1)
Appropriates funds for residential programs that allow minor children to remain with their mothers while participating in the program, to reduce the risk of trauma and multigenerational incarceration, including communitybased furlough programs, residential drug treatment programs, therapeutic community programs, and mental health programs. (CD1)