Authorizes peer-to-peer car-sharing. Establishes the peer-to-peer car sharing surcharge tax. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Amends requirements for the restraint of child passengers. Requires rear facing child safety seats for children under two years of age. Repeals exceptions for compliance. Raises certain fines for violations.
Appropriates general revenues to expand state-run quarantine facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch. (SD1)
Designates a seat for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on the board of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person based on the person's status as a medical cannabis cardholder or a registered qualifying patients' positive test result for cannabis, under certain conditions. Specifies that an employer may use a fit-for-duty test as a tool for medical cannabis qualifying patients in potentially dangerous occupations. Exempts certain occupations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
Provides the department of transportation with more flexibility and discretion to address substantial hardship situations that impact airport concession contracts.
Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums. (SD1)
Restricts asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a covered criminal misdemeanor or felony offense. Requires seized property to be forfeited only when the property owner has been convicted of an underlying covered criminal misdemeanor or felony offense. Changes the standard of proof that the State must meet in order for property to be forfeited from "preponderance of the evidence" to "beyond a reasonable doubt". Requires the State to prove that owners consented to or possessed knowledge of the crime that led to the seizure of their property. Requires that the agency seizing the property pay for safe and secure storage of the seized property until the completion of the forfeiture proceeding or final disposition of the property. Directs any proceeds from a civil forfeiture to the general revenue fund for public education purposes. Repeals administrative forfeiture proceedings.
Requires that the department of accounting and general services be responsible for ensuring that the facilities under their responsibility are maintained in accordance with proper repair, maintenance, and cleanliness standards to promote the health and safety of occupants and visitors. (SD1)
