HB 1296 Summary

• Suspends distributions to the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund and redirects tobacco settlement moneys to the general fund starting July 1, 2021, with an annual cap of $4,300,000.

• Repeals the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund effective June 30, 2025, with all remaining unencumbered balances reverting to the general fund.

• Appropriates $4,780,880 for fiscal year 2020-2021 to address budget shortfall for the state comprehensive emergency medical services system.

• Establishes a threat assessment team program within the Hawaii state fusion center to train and operate multidisciplinary teams for violence prevention.

• Modifies cigarette tax revenue allocations by limiting cancer research fund deposits to capital expenditures only until July 1, 2041, and ceasing emergency medical services special fund deposits on July 1, 2021.