Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Health to implement quality improvement recommendations at the Hawaiʻi State Hospital. Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Education to establish surfing competitions at a minimum of eight Oahu Interscholastic Association member schools.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services for Hawaiʻi's public school system.
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract a third-party administrator for the operation of the mitigation banks. Clarifies the sale of credits involved in conservation mitigation banking. Defines "conservation mitigation bank".
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.
Authorizes the Department of Health to approve in-vehicle receipt of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products on the premises of dispensaries subject to Administrative Rules adopted by the Department of Health.
Adds a cap for the amount of tax credits for research activities that an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities may receive per taxable year. Requires a qualified high technology business to be registered to do business in the State and be a small business in order to be eligible for the tax credit. Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for tax credits for research activities. Amends the annual aggregate cap on tax credits for research activities that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism may certify. Requires certification of the tax credits for research activities on a first-come, firstserved basis to be based on the date that a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions. Extends from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2030, the sunset date for tax credits for research activities.
Proposes amendments to the Hawaiʻi State Constitution to increase funding for public education for the children and adults of Hawaiʻi by authorizing the Legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on residential investment property valued at $3,000,000 or greater.
Specifies that a recount of all ballots cast for any election shall occur if the official tabulation of all of the returns for that office or ballot question reveals that there is a difference equal to or less than one hundred votes, one-quarter of one per cent of the total number of ballots cast for the contest, or the margin of error for the tabulation method utilized, whichever is greater.
Establishes an organizational, tax, and regulatory framework for limited-profit housing associations. Establishes the Limited-Profit Housing Council to oversee limited-profit housing associations.
