Includes certain spirts-based beverages in the definition of cooler beverage. Establishes a separate tax rate for qualified small brewers.
Establishes a tax credit for certain owners of a condominium whose association is increasing maintenance fees to comply with a county ordinance requiring an automatic fire sprinkler system or alternative fire prevention and fire safety system.
Requires a retail establishment with an employee toilet facility to allow a customer suffering from an eligible medical condition to use that restroom during normal business hours, under certain conditions. Exempts a retail establishment and employees from civil liability in allowing an eligible customer to use an employee toilet facility in certain circumstances. Establishes fines.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a market analysis study to identify the optimum mix of private sector, public sector, and philanthropic funding sources and mechanisms needed to support blue carbon ecosystem projects in the State and Pacific region. Makes an appropriation.
Specifies that a recount of all ballots cast for any election shall occur if the official tabulation of all of the returns for that office or ballot question reveals that there is a difference equal to or less than one hundred votes, one-quarter of one per cent of the total number of ballots cast for the contest, or the margin of error for the tabulation method utilized, whichever is greater.
Establishes a Business Activity Water Catchment System Working Group within the Department of Health to assess the feasibility of allowing business owners in the State to utilize filtered water collected by water catchment systems for business activities. Requires the Business Activity Water Catchment System Working Group to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2026 and dissolve on June 30, 2026.
Requires that each county agency responsible for enforcing its respective building code be accredited by the International Accreditation Service. Makes an appropriation.
Exempts certain housing projects reserved for certain students, faculty, and staff of public educational institutions from environmental assessment requirements.
Exempts certain housing developments from assessments of school impact fees.
Beginning on January 1, 2025, permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions.
