Sen. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Establishes the natural resource management special fund and authorizes uses for moneys in the fund. Establishes a Natural Resource Management Commission to guide and approve the disbursement of moneys deposited into the fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource management special fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund. Appropriates moneys for the natural resource management special fund and for operating expenses of the Hawaii tourism authority.

Establishes penalties for failure to comply with certain submerged land reclamation regulations. Adds requirements for presently reclaimed land to be disposed of by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, without recourse to public auction, to an abutting owner, by sale, or by lease. Provides requirements for the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease state submerged lands and lands beneath tidal waters.

Transfers the Culinary Institute of the Pacific from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as an administratively attached agency.

Reduces the amount transferred to the works of art special fund from 1% to 0.5% of all state fund appropriations for capital improvements designated for the construction cost element.

Expands the ban on pistols with a detachable magazine with over a ten round capacity to any firearm with a detachable magazine with over a ten round capacity.

Establishes a three-year New Waste Management Solution and Cesspool System Demonstration Pilot Program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to examine and demonstrate new wastewater and cesspool technology systems; implement those technologies in demonstration projects in areas across the State that are identified as Priority Level 1 in the 2021 Hawaii Cesspool Hazard Assessment and Prioritization Tool Report; and establish a similar ranking system for prioritization levels for the islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Niihau. Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot program.

Expands eligibility for the Hawaii community college promise program to all qualified students. Appropriates funds to expand access to community college to qualified Hawaii residents through Hawaii community college promise program scholarships.

Authorizes supplemental categorical funding for remote schools. Appropriates funds.

Establishes clear criteria for unpaid student internship programs under the state wage laws.

Creates a new category of professional licensure for associate physicians, which are recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program and who work under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide primary care in medically underserved areas. Prescribes the scope of practice of associate physicians. Creates requirements for collaborative practice agreements between associate physicians and collaborating physicians. Authorizes associate physicians to prescribe certain controlled substances.