Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop a plan to ensure that all communities in the State having schools receiving federal Title I education funds have high-speed broadband internet access.
Requires that an emergency permit for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of shoreline hardening structures be valid for up to three years and may not be renewed or extended. Establishes penalties for persons who build, improve, or maintain a shoreline hardening structure without a valid permit. Requires the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to administer and enforce the penalties.
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish fees and permits for entry into a marine line conservation district. Establishes the Marine Life Conservation District Special Fund.
Authorizes the director of taxation to exempt a taxpayer whose annual general excise tax liability does not exceed $100 from monthly, quarterly, or semiannual general excise tax filing requirements; provided that the taxpayer files an annual return. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021. (SD1)
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. (SD2)
Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser. Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the sale of nonprescription drugs.
Amends Chapter 201H-4, Hawaii Revised Statues, to condition rule making authority on defining "lower cost housing" and "low-moderate housing" as being at or below one hundred per cent of the area median income and eliminating income classifications for persons or families above one hundred percent of the area median income.
Prohibits a sex offender from residing within two thousand feet of the sex offender's former victim or the victim's immediate family members. Requires the sex offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address. (SD1)
Designates November 28 of each year as La Ku‘oko‘a Hawaiian Recognition Day, not constituting a state holiday, to celebrate the historical recognition of independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii. (SD1)
Requires all travelers arriving in Hawaii and all individuals cited or arrested for quarantine violations or who test positive for COVID-19 to use the AlohaSafe Alert application on their smartphones. Allows the department of health to collect data from the AlohaSafe Alert application only to the extent that data is necessary, proportionate, and limited for a good faith public health purpose.
