Removes hotel, residential, and timeshare uses from the list of permitted uses under the public-private development lease of fast lands and submerged lands at the Ala Wai boat harbor. Prohibits structures built under the lease that are more than two stories.
Sponsored bills
Provides an income tax credit to a taxpayer who purchases or modifies a personal vehicle for use by a person with a disability. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.
Expands the candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii from seven to eight members to make the member of the Association of Emeritus Regents of the University of Hawaii a voting member. Specifies term conditions.
Amends the offense of theft in the first degree, second degree, and third degree to include reckless disregard of risk for the value of the stolen property or services.
Authorizes a county to adopt rules or ordinances that place stricter limitations on a passenger seated in the bed or loading-carrying area of a pickup truck while the vehicle is in operation.
After 6/30/2019, prohibits application of neonicotinoid insecticides, including planting any seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticide, without a permit.
Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to include digital blocking capability that renders pornographic material inaccessible. Allows consumers to disable the blocking capability if the consumer fulfils certain requirements, including payment of a digital access fee that is deposited into the human trafficking victim services fund. Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to establish and maintain a reporting system for content that is improperly blocked and pornographic content that the blocking capability fails to block. Establishes the offense of failure to include digital pornography blocking capability.
Creates and appropriates funds for the Erin's Law Task Force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, and report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curricula.
Provides an income tax credit for qualified taxpayers, with incomes of not more than eighty per cent of the area median income, for qualified costs of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed and placed into any apartment or condominium built before 1975.
Appropriate funds for a grant in aid to each county for the county agency responsible for enforcing its respective building code to be accredited by the International Accreditation Service.