Sen. Angus McKelvey

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish three additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center.

Establishes a two-year pilot program that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free school lunch to all students enrolled at a department school. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2027.

Maddy summaryThis bill raises the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from 15 to 16 years old. It directly affects minors aged 15 who currently can legally ride these bikes but would no longer be permitted under this law. The key provision is a straightforward age requirement change, with no other mechanisms or provisions described in the abstract. The bill is currently pending introduction as of January 8, 2025.

Maddy summarySB 44 would allow counties to ban housing discrimination against renters based on their income source, such as housing vouchers, public benefits, or disability payments. This directly affects renters who rely on non-wage income by preventing landlords from refusing them solely because of how they pay rent. Counties would gain the authority to create and enforce their own local rules against this practice. The bill enables local governments to address housing access barriers without requiring state-level legislative action.

Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of not less than ninety-nine years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Beginning with the - school year, requires public elementary, middle, and high school classes to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Requires the Department of Education to adjust state-provided bus and school meal schedules accordingly.

Clarifies that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner of an individual unit, a property manager, or an authorized representative of the condominium association to act as a complainant for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting an offense of burglary in the first degree in a multi-unit building. (CD1)

Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. (CD1)

Amends the persons required to collect the Ocean Stewardship User Fee. Extends the sunset date of the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to 1/1/2031. (CD1)

Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Makes appropriations for the unit, including funding for new positions. (CD1)