Requires the chief election officer, with assistance from the county clerks for elections that involve county offices and countywide ballot issues, to publish and distribute a voters' pamphlet. Appropriates funds. Requires the counties to match funds appropriated on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Effective 7/30/2075. (HD1)
Allows candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions.
Exempts parking lot operations and ground transportation services at airports and small boat harbors from the mandatory public bidding requirements under the state procurement law. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
Amends the composition of the Board of Agriculture by providing representation from the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates funds for the second year of the program to train incarcerated women to be general education development tutors for their peers, provide college correspondence courses for women in the women's community correctional center, and provide reentry and transition services for women wanting to continue their education post-incarceration. Authorizes partnerships between the department of education, University of Hawaii, and department of public safety. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Requires the office of elections to prepare a digital voter information guide to be posted on its website. Requires the office of elections to mail a notice with each ballot notifying voters that a voter information guide may be found on its website. Requires compliance with certain accessibility standards. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/30/2075. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the judiciary for residential drug treatment, therapeutic living, and mental health programs for judiciary-involved women. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to expand existing community-based furlough programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Expands the victim-counselor privilege under Rule 505.5 of the Hawaii Rules of Evidence to include confidential advocates employed by the University of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Directs the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation in cooperation with the counties and other housing experts to study the implementation of leasehold housing on publicly-owned, non-ceded lands near public transit stations in each county. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature by 12/10/2023. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
