Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from a territory or foreign country who are seeking a state license by endorsement. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
Incorporates a regenerative framework into the State Planning Act by expanding objectives and policies for the visitor industry. Requires an update to the State Tourism Functional Plan to be submitted to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Updates the membership of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides to replace representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries. Adds a representative of the Hawaii Farmers Union United to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to restore personal services. Requires the UH Board of Regents and the President of UH to discuss and adopt the permitted interaction group on tenure's recommendations for tenure of UH faculty and consult with the UH faculty and the exclusive representative of each applicable collective bargaining unit in implementing the recommendations. (SD2)
Prohibits the governor or a mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuated circumstances. (SD1)
Requires the Director of Transportation to establish and implement a digital identification pilot program. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
Creates a task force to develop an implementation plan to utilize the 9-8-8 calling code of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Makes an appropriation. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health Program to match federal dollars that the State receives for the federal Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Clarifies that the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii is to promote educational, scientific, and literary pursuits through research, training of research personnel, and dissemination of knowledge by publication of research findings; and its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out this purpose. Requires revolving accounts to follow Corporation policies. Grandfathers existing Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii contracts and requires new contracts be subject to new limitations following enactment of this measure. Defines minor renovation projects permissible in support of research and training. Requires biannual reports to the Legislature regarding internal service orders and revolving accounts of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii that utilize University of Hawaii intramural funds for financial and mission compliance. Authorizes the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to conduct minor renovation projects at costs of $2 million or less. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents. (SD1)
