Requires the Department of Education to assign school resource officers or guards to serve at public elementary schools and state prekindergarten programs. Requires the Department of Education to seek funding from federal grants. Appropriates funds.
Authorizes the imposition of a criminal fine for violations involving aquatic resources. Establishes a tiered administrative fine system for each specimen of aquatic life taken, killed, or injured. Establishes a criminal fine structure on a per-specimen basis for violations involving aquatic life. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to recommend community service that benefits the resource damaged when a person is ordered to perform community service in lieu of a fine.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to update facts and statistics on palila population decline on Mauna Kea and to investigate the results of the federal court mandate to eradicate sheep on Mauna Kea to protect palila populations. Requires a report to the Legislature.
Establishes a nonrefundable small business hiring tax credit for the taxable year beginning on or after 1/1/2022 and before 1/1/2023, that may be applied against the net income tax liability of qualified small business employers in an amount equal to $1,000 for each net increase in the number of qualified employees not to exceed a total of $25,000 for any qualified small business employer and a total of $100,000,000 for the State. Requires the qualified small business employer to apply for a tentative credit tax reservation amount to receive the tax credit. Requires the Department of Taxation to allocate the tax credit on a first-come, first-served basis. Requires the Department of Taxation to report to the Legislature. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021. Repeals 12/31/2027.
Requires the chief election officer, with assistance from the county clerks for elections involving county offices and countywide ballot issues, to publish an online voter pamphlet on the Office of Elections public website and publish and distribute postcards notifying voters of the online voter pamphlet website address. Appropriates moneys to allow the chief election officer to produce and distribute an online voter pamphlet and voter pamphlet postcards for each election.
Changes the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act to the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act. Establishes electronic device manufacturer recycling goals and record keeping and reporting requirements for manufacturers and collectors. Requires collectors to register with the department of health. Amends and repeals various definitions, including repealing "covered electronic device" and "covered television" and creating a new "electronic device" definition. Expands the recycling and collection requirements of televisions to all electronic devices. Requires the recycling electronic device program to include, among other things, a description of the methods for the convenient collection of electronic devices.
Establishes the behavioral health crisis center pilot program within the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.
Removes psilocybin and psilocyn from the list of Schedule I substances. Requires the Department of Health to establish designated treatment centers for the therapeutic administration of psilocybin and psilocyn. Establishes a review panel to review and assess the effects of this measure and submit reports to the Legislature.
Creates the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Program Special Fund. Allocates an unspecified portion of the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to fund the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Program.
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study assessing the current plans and programs to achieve the Aloha+ Challenge natural resource management 2030 goals. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to make recommendations in achieving those goals. Appropriates funds.
