Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to establish a working group to study the Department of Education's information technology infrastructure, operations, and services. Establishes the members and duties of the working group.
Requires a fair market appraisal to be performed prior to any sale, lease, or exchange of any public land to a governmental agency without public auction.
Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the Honalo marshalling yard.
Appropriates funds for the research, development, marketing, and conservation of ‘ulu.
Proposes amendments to the state constitution to provide for referendum.
Repeals the ban on the possession, offering or holding for sale, selling, giving, lending, or delivering of electric guns.
Changes the earned income tax credit from a nonrefundable tax credit to a refundable tax credit.
Includes tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the employer and reported or declared to the employer under the definition of income withheld by employers for payments of child or spousal support.
Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers, with a minimum of two on each island with a population over 75,000, that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the office of elections to submit a report to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session from 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. Takes effect on 1/1/2020.
Establishes a civil penalty for knowingly misrepresenting an animal as a service animal. Conforms Hawaii law with the definition of "service animal" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Takes effect on 1/1/2019. (CD1)
