Requires a two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check for vehicles six years of age or newer. Doubles the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check. (HB1758 HD1)
Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to amend the state emergency alert system and state emergency management plans as necessary to conform to all current federal laws and regulations that ensure the accessibility of video programming that provides emergency information. (HB2675 HD1)
Authorizes healthcare providers, non-profits, businesses, and faith based organizations to assist in providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications to prospective applicants in order to increase SNAP participation in Hawaii. (HB2154 HD1)
Bans import, use, manufacture, sale, and storage of chlorpyrifos in the State. (HB1756 HD1)
Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students pursuing an undergraduate degree in registered nursing, elementary or secondary education, and civil engineering and enrolled at any campus of the University of Hawaii system. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.
Changes the penalty for nonreporting of child abuse or neglect from a petty misdemeanor to a class C felony. (HB2429 HD1)
Requires and funds the Office of Veterans' Services to establish a Filipino Veterans Legacy Exhibit at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. (HB886 HD1)
Prohibits teachers and persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on students and persons under eighteen years of age.
Convenes the prescriptive authority study group to explore options and make recommendations to the legislature relating to granting clinical psychologists prescriptive authority privileges. Requires the prescriptive authority study group to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2019. (HB2734 HD1)
Includes a hospice home operated by a hospice service agency as a state-licensed or state-certified health care facility subject to Department of Health inspections. Requires the licensure of hospice service agencies. (HB2450 HD1)
