Amends Act 205, SLH 2024, to clarify standards and safeguards in online crowdfunding, including creating separate registration, reporting, and fee requirements that are specific to platform charities and charitable fundraising platforms. Extends the effective date of Act 205 to July 1, 2026. (CD1)
Requires a detailed budget summary to contain all required information without referring the reader to other portions of the budget or reserve study. Excludes the good faith defense for associations whose boards adopt a budget that omits the required detailed budget summary. Clarifies a unit owner's standing and the association's burden of proving substantial compliance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Amends the conditions and procedures of alternative dispute resolution methods for condominium-related disputes, including the use of evaluative mediation or binding arbitration. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Clarifies the education and professional experience requirements for certified public accountant license applicants to establish alternative pathways to licensure. (SD1)
Maddy summarySCR 161 is a resolution requesting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to convene a working group to examine and consider transferring management of Native Hawaiian burial sites from the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) to OHA. This resolution does not change current law but asks OHA to study whether this transfer would better protect culturally significant burial sites under Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The request follows prior findings that current management has inadequacies in protecting these sites and addresses longstanding concerns about Native Hawaiian burial site stewardship.
Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution (SR 130) requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to convene a working group to examine and consider transferring management of Native Hawaiian burial sites (under Chapter 6E of Hawaii Revised Statutes) from the State Historic Preservation Division to OHA. It does not change laws but asks OHA to study whether moving this responsibility would better protect burial sites, citing a 2023 working group report that identified failures in current management. The resolution references Hawaii’s constitutional duty to protect Native Hawaiian cultural practices and OHA’s statutory role in advancing Native Hawaiian interests. As a procedural resolution, it seeks to initiate a review process, not enact policy changes.
Requires certain managing agents to notify each unit owner and the Real Estate Commission when a condominium association that the agent manages fails to meet budget and replacement reserves reporting requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution (SR 38) supports the Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group's request for additional resources and a timeline extension for fiscal year 2025-2026. The Working Group, established to protect Native Hawaiian cultural intellectual property through community consultations, needs more time and funding to develop solutions preventing cultural appropriation. The resolution expresses legislative support for their work without creating new legal requirements.
Part I: Renames the Department of Agriculture to the "Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity". Renames the Board of Agriculture to the "Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity" and amends the composition of the Board. Part II: Establishes and appropriates funds for a Deputy Director of Biosecurity. Part III: Changes references to the plant and animal declaration form to the "biosecurity form". Part IV: Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or restricted organisms. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Board to quarantine an area under certain conditions. Broadens the objectives and general actions of the Biosecurity Program. Part V: Requires the Department to establish and regularly update an invasive species dashboard. Authorizes pest management plans to address, contain, or eradicate pests. Part VI: Appropriates funds for positions for the Department. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Renames the State Boxing Commission of Hawaii as the Boxing and Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii. Amends the jurisdiction of the Commission to include combat sports contests. Prohibits no rules combat or similar combat sports contests. Repeals the existing Mixed Martial Arts Contests Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
