Sen. Ron Kouchi

Allows the Spouse and Child Abuse Special Fund to retain up to $5,000,000 of federal reimbursements received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal year in which Family First Prevention Services funds and the Title IV-E funds were expended to be deposited and retained. Repeals on 6/30/2027. (CD1)

Establishes the Hazard Mitigation Special Fund for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Authorizes the transfer of excess funds from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Provides that the Rental Housing Revolving Fund may be used for the HHFDC's housing finance programs. Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) housing finance specialist positions. Appropriates funds to the HHFDC for computer software and hardware; information technology improvements; videoconferencing improvements; and scanning and digitization equipment, services, and warranties. (CD1)

Broadens the purposes for which indirect costs incurred by the Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, or a charter authorizer from federal grants may be reimbursed. (CD1)

Expands the funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii film and creative industries development special fund. Makes an appropriation out of the special fund. (CD1)

Broadens the scope of profit-making operations students may engage in at schools to include commercial enterprises, while ensuring that engagement in commercial enterprises shall be related to the primary educational purposes of the school, career pathway, academy, or program. Allows students to receive school credit, compensation, or both, when they engage in profit-making operations. (CD1)

Renames the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund as the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund. Authorizes the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to be used to give grants to child care facilities. Changes the legislative report due date for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund. Removes from the statutes governing the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, language allowing expenditures from the funds to be made without appropriation, to conform to state constitutional provisions. (CD1)

Establishes the Family Resource Centers Pilot Program within the Department of Human Services. Requires the Departments of Human Services, Education, and Health to coordinate with public and private entities to develop and implement family resource centers. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Family Resource Centers Coordinator position. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2027. (CD1)

Repeals references in the campaign spending law that have been previously repealed. (HD1)

Authorizes the state procurement administrator to develop and administer procurement automation systems including methods to assess, charge, and collect a transaction fee for the use of the procurement automation systems to cover procurement automation system costs. Deletes language regarding qualified community rehabilitation programs made redundant by Act 55, SLH 2021. Appropriates funds for hiring of staff. (CD1)