Urging The Department Of The Attorney General To Reconvene The Marijuana Evaluation Task Force Established By Act 273, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2019, To Examine Other States' Laws, Penalties, And Outcomes Pertaining To Marijuana Use Other Than For Medical Purposes; Make Recommendations On Amending Marijuana Use Penalties And Outcomes In The State; And Submit A Report To The Legislature Before The Convening Of The Regular Session Of 2024.
Requesting The Director Of Finance To Expressly Consider The Amount Of Loans With Favorable Terms That A Depository Has Issued To Developers Of Housing For Hawaii Residents When Evaluating The Beneficial Effects To The State Of Using That Depository, In Addition To The Existing Requirements To Consider Factors Such As Safety, Liquidity, And Yield Offered On Deposits.
Requesting The United States Congress, Postal Regulatory Commission, And United States Postal Service To Take Any Actions Necessary For The United States Postal Service To Lease To Private Businesses Advertising Space On Postal Property.
Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Revise The Prioritization And Evaluation And Ranking Criteria For Its Allocation Of Low-income Housing Tax Credits And Awards From The Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
Requesting The Regulated Industries Complaints Office To Report The Itemized Total Amount Of Fines Or Judgments Collected And Uncollected Each Year, And To Include That Information In The Director Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs' Annual Compliance Resolution Fund Report.
Requesting The Department Of Human Services' Med-quest Division To Take Steps Necessary To Ensure That Adequate Provider Rates Are Established For Applied Behavior Analysis Services.
Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Continue To Recognize And Accept The Right Of A Provider Of Service To Assign The Right To Participate In A Workers' Compensation Billing Dispute To A Billing Company; Review The Workers' Compensation Law For Proposed Amendments To Ensure That Service Providers May Assign The Right To Negotiate A Bill Dispute To A Billing Company; And Include The Proposed Amendments In A Report To The Legislature Prior To The Regular Session Of 2024.
Requesting The Legislature To Convene A Working Group With Representation From All Levels Of Government To Develop A Program To Phase Out The Use Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (pfas) In The State.
Requesting The Director Of Finance To Convene Of A Working Group To Optimize Drawdowns Of Federal Funds Under The Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022 (public Law 117-169).
Requesting The University Of Hawaii At Manoa College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resources To Convene A Working Group To Evaluate Updating Its Cooperative Extension Sites And To Submit A Report To The Legislature Regarding Its Work.
Urging The United States Senate To Ratify The Agreement Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea On The Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Marine Biological Diversity Of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Also Known As The High Seas Treaty.
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Investigate The Causes Of And Update Key Information On, Including Facts And Statistics, The Decline Of The Critically Endangered Palila (loxioides Bailleui) Bird On Mauna Kea.