Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules establishing privacy requirements for direct-to-consumer genetic testing in the State. Requires the Department's rules to specify whether consumers' genetic information may be used for purposes of investigative genetic genealogy.
Maddy summarySB 483 appropriates state funds for Hawaii's Department of Human Services to conduct a rate study on Medicaid home health services. The study will examine reimbursement rates paid to home health providers serving Medicaid patients. This bill directly affects home health care agencies and Medicaid beneficiaries in Hawaii by funding an analysis of current payment structures. The measure does not change existing rates but seeks to inform future policy decisions through data collection. (Note: The bill is pending committee review as of February 2025.)
Maddy summarySB 120 amends the responsibilities of the State Building Code Council. The bill's official abstract states it modifies the council's duties but does not specify the exact changes or who would be directly affected. As a procedural bill focused on administrative structure, it does not establish new requirements for building codes or impact specific entities like construction companies or homeowners. The bill is currently pending, having been referred to committees and scheduled for a public hearing in January 2025. No concrete policy changes or key mechanisms are described in the available context.
Establishes a Desalination Planning Task Force to examine the feasibility of, and develop a plan and timeline for, the use desalination as a source of potable water in the State. (SD1)
Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system that was damaged or in use by a child during a motor vehicle accident for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to school meals programs. Requires certain school cafeteria supervisors to report directly to complex area superintendents. Establishes school cafeteria supervisor positions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a compensation review of school cafeteria supervisor positions. Appropriates funds.
Establishes the crime of criminal trespass on agricultural land. Prohibits persons being prosecuted for or convicted of the crime of criminal trespass on agricultural land from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition.
Prohibits the sale of tickets at higher price than the original price charged by the primary venue ticket provider for events held in the State. Repeals provisions relating to ticket brokers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies or any county from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state or county employment. Establishes exemptions.
Maddy summarySB 178 would allocate state funds to the Department of Education to help public schools establish surfing as an official interscholastic sport. It directly affects public high schools that choose to add surfing to their athletic programs and students who would participate in school-sponsored surfing teams. The bill provides funding support for this new program but does not require schools to adopt it. The measure remains pending in committee after being introduced in January 2025.
