Designates 9/7 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day.
Requires the Auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Department of Education, Superintendent, Board of Education, and complex areas every three years.
Education funding omnibus. Raises the GET and use tax rates. Increases income tax rates for high earning taxpayers. Establishes quality education special fund to supplement education budget. Increases food/excise tax credit and low-income renter's household tax credit and ties future increases to the U.S. Department of Labor consumer price index.
Imposes a tax of $15 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted from the use of fossil fuel. Establishes various state and county sustainability initiatives. Appropriates moneys.
Establishes the advisory commission on gender equity in sports to evaluate the rules and procedures for gender equity enforcement mechanisms and make recommendations to the Department of Education. Requires the Superintendent of Education to submit a Title IX compliance report to the Legislature and the advisory commission.
Repeals the exemption of persons with disabilities from minimum wage requirements. Takes effect on 1/1/2020.
Exempts citizens from countries having a valid Compact of Free Association with the United States from the requirement that a driver's license expire no later than the person's authorized period of stay in the United States. Requires the person to provide proof of legal presence.
Increases the minimum wage to fifteen dollars per hour by 2022 and indexes future annual increases to the median wage for all occupations in the State. Adjusts the tip credit.
Establishes licensing requirements and enforcement provisions for transient vacation rentals to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Establishes Transit-Oriented Development Community Districts within the Hawaii Community Development Authority along certain rail stations in the Honolulu rail transit corridor. Allows HCDA to enter into public-private partnerships and lease-back agreements for public infrastructure development.
