Sen. Lynn DeCoite

Exempts the gross proceeds received by a farmer for the sale of produce from the general excise tax.

Requires the Board of Education, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, to develop a Hawaiian Language Medium Education Kindergarten Entry Assessment to be administered by the Department of Education, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

Amends the information required to be in a time share disclosure statement, under certain circumstances. Requires developers to submit copies of supplementary plan documents of the time share plan. Allows for submission of certain documents in electronic form.

Exempts state projects from county building permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy requirements under certain conditions. Requires the state agency responsible for the state project to submit for review and comments, a building permit exemption notice to the county in which the state project is located. Requires the county to review and submit written comments regarding the state project within thirty days of its receipt of notice and if on the thirty-first day, written comments are not provided, the state project may proceed. Requires the counties to adopt ordinances. Defines building permit, state agency, state lands, and state project.

Establishes and funds an environmental investigative hotline pilot project through the Environmental Management Division of the Department of Health to implement and manage an investigative hotline for Molokai residents to report environmental concerns on Molokai. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) investigator on the island of Molokai to investigate environmental concerns. Makes an appropriation.

Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve oral health infrastructure in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.

Establishes a task force to review policy issues and opportunities relating to the navigation, access, and coverage of medicaid services by individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and make a recommendation on whether a waiver or other approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is necessary to ensure accessibility of certain services for individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Establishes a zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program within the Hawaii state energy office to support the transition of private fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Designates the Hawaii state energy office as the agency responsible for developing and administering the program and requires the Hawaii state energy office to work with the department of transportation to design strategies to implement the zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program.

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.

Authorizes supplemental categorical funding for remote schools. Appropriates funds.