Establishes a near shore fishing tour guide license requirement. Expands permitted fishing areas for near shore fishing tour guides. (HB446 HD1)
Authorizes the solid waste disposal division of each county with a population of 500,000 or more to: (1) confiscate abandoned shopping carts; (2) dispose of shopping carts not retrieved by owners within 24 hours of notification of confiscation; and (3) impose fines upon owners for unretrieved shopping carts. Allows businesses that are fined to contest the fines in certain circumstances.
Establishes a Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to identify electric grid and other critical infrastructure needs and provide recommendations for enhancing the State's grid and critical infrastructure resiliency. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Education for the repair and maintenance of public school buildings, grounds, and facilities in the State. (HB1465 HD2)
Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Program to support school-level innovation. Authorizes the Board of Education to adopt guiding principles and measures of success for the Grants Program and the Department of Education to implement the Grants Program. Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Special Fund. Makes appropriations. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Specifies that certain school psychologists shall be exempt from licensure under chapter 465, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB249 HD1)
Establishes a state income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred by school teachers, special education teachers, school librarians, and counselors for supplementary materials used in the classroom, as well as expenses incurred while accompanying students on educational trips.
Clarifies that reimbursement to crime victims includes lost wages, mental health treatment, and therapy.
Establishes an uninsured motorist identification database program and special fund within the Insurance Division to verify motorist compliance with insurance requirements and reduce the number of uninsured motorists.
Establishes property owner liability for illegal aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from statements from witnesses and photographs, video, or other recordings authenticated by witnesses. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from anonymous recordings made using an unmanned aerial vehicle.
