Clarifies that the adjudicatory functions of the public utilities commission are exempt from part I of Hawaii's Sunshine Law, relating to meetings; provided that the non-adjudicatory functions of the commission shall be subject to part I of the Sunshine Law. (SD1)
Establishes a senior citizen higher education access pilot program at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Requires a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024. Repeals June 30, 2024. (SD1)
Specifies certain felonies and conditions that will preclude employment, and other felonies and conditions that may preclude employment, at a medical cannabis dispensary. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to provide assistance and supplemental funding to the National Wildlife Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct pilot field studies to evaluate control tools and develop a management plan to reduce the rose-ringed parakeet population on Kauai.
Places restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to sell residential mortgage loans to other financial institutions. Defines "residential mortgage loans" as any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling or residential real estate upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling, and includes refinancings, reverse mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and other first and additional lien loans that meet the qualifications of the definition.
Establishes the Lipoa point management special fund for the management of the Lipoa point area and educate visitors on how funding is used for the management of the Lipoa point area. Appropriates funds into and out of the Lipoa point management special fund. (SD1)
Provides three categories and twelve factors for the department of labor and industrial relations to apply to determine independent contractor status. Takes effect 1/1/2045. (SD1)
Allows the owner of a vehicle, upon registration, to designate a beneficiary to whom ownership of the vehicle will be transferred upon the death of the owner.
Prohibits an employer from suspending, discharging, or discriminating against an employee for testing positive for cannabis if the employee is a registered qualifying patient who is authorized for the medical use of cannabis. Provides certain exceptions. (SD1)
Requires the office of information practices to resolve all public complaints about noncompliance with chapter 92F and part I of chapter 92 within six months from the date the office of information practices receives the complaint.
