Creates a misdemeanor offense under certain circumstances for disrupting or interfering with the administration or functions of any school, school administration office, or school board. (SD1)
Sen. Ron Kouchi
Sponsored bills
Appropriates funds out of the State Parks Special Fund to allow expenditures exceeding the expenditure ceiling of the special fund. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates moneys to the state Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021-2022 to provide relief from flooding events. Provides for the lapse of the moneys on an unspecified date.
Minimizes regulatory burden and eliminates redundancy for money transmitter applicants of the duplicative criminal background checks in the state and federal systems.
Allows an adopted individual to benefit both by relationship through a natural parent and through an adoptive parent in a disposition or other designation as provided for in accordance with the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, or administrative rules. Allows the adopted individual and individual's natural family to continue having the same familial relationship.
Establishes the Hawaii Public Wireless Safety Act to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands after beneficiary consultation and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months.
Requires sellers of residential buildings or structures to equip approved smoke alarms in accordance with current state or county building or residential codes.
Allows advertising of concessions on public property to be done via newspaper publication or online advertising. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Increases the term of a concession from fifteen to twenty-five years and removes the requirement that certain concessions can only be awarded to nonprofit organizations. Provides that the director of parks and recreation of the respective county in their sole discretion to avoid vagueness in the present law should make certain decisions and designation. Exempts concessions on public property whose operations provide historical and cultural information, goods, and services within the State from bidding requirements. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)