THE SENATE

OF THE

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

STATE OF HAWAII

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

 

TWELFTH DAY

February 9, 2004-Monday-11:30 O'CLOCK A.M.

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Invocation by Mr. Seaward Grant, C.S.

First Church of Christ, Scientists

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

Introductions

  1. Messages from the Governor: None
  2. Departmental Communications: None
  3. House Communications: None
  4. Senate Communications: None
  5. Judiciary Communications: None
  6. Introduction of Measures
  7. Standing Committee Report Nos. 2002-2003

    8. 2002

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (HTH)

    S.B. No. 2005

    "RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
         
         

    2003

    (HTH)

    S.B. No. 2385, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and referral to WAM)
         
         

    ORDER OF THE DAY
  8. Referrals

    9. REFERRALS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2004

    S.C.R. NO.

    TITLE

    REFERRAL
         

    2

    REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REEVALUATE THE PLACEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.

    (Task Force to Evaluate Placement of the Office of Public Guardian)

    JHW
         

    3

    REQUESTING REVIEW BY THE AUDITOR OF THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

    (Audit Review; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs)

    CPH
         

    4

    REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE THE OPENING OF CHILD WELFARE FAMILY COURT PROCEEDINGS TO THE PUBLIC.

    (Interagency Task Force; Child Welfare Family Court Proceedings Open to Public)

    HMS/JHW
         

    5

    SUBMITTING TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REVIEW OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND EXCHANGES.

    (Land exchange between State of Hawaii and Parker Ranch and Trust)

    WLA
         

    6

    AUTHORIZING DESIGNATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK.

    (Industrial Park Designation; Sand Island)

    WLA
         

    7

    AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTION OF SUBMERGED LANDS AT SPRECKELSVILLE, WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII, FOR MAINTENANCE OF ROCK GROIN PURPOSES.

    (Submerged Lands at Spreckelsville, Wailuku, Maui; Rock Groin)

    WLA
         

    8

    AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTION OF SUBMERGED LANDS AT KANEOHE, KOOLAUPOKO, OAHU, HAWAII, FOR MAINTENANCE OF BREAKWATER PURPOSES.

    (Submerged Lands at Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, Oahu, Hawaii; Breakwater)

    WLA
         

    9

    SUBMITTING TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REVIEW OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND EXCHANGES.

    (Land exchange between the State and Maui Land & Pineapple Company Inc.)

    WLA
         

    10

    REQUESTING CONGRESS TO EXEMPT HAWAII, ALASKA, GUAM AND PUERTO RICO FROM THE JONES ACT FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ITS RESIDENTS.

    (Jones Act; Exemption for Hawaii)

    TMG
         

    11

    REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO REPEAL THE PASSENGER SERVICES ACT OF 1886.

    (Repeal of the Passenger Services Act of 1886.)

    TMG
         

    12

    SUPPORTING INCREASING THE DEPTH OF BARBERS POINT HARBOR.

    (Supports increasing the depth of Barbers Point Harbor.)

    TMG
         

    13

    REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST EIGHTY PER CENT OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES REMAIN IN HAWAII, AND THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL UNION LABOR TO FAIR WAGES UNDER THE DAVIS-BACON ACT ARE NOT CIRCUMVENTED, ON THE U.S. MILITARY PRIVATIZATION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON HAWAII MILITARY BASES.

    (Military Construction Contracts)

    LBR/TMG
         

    14

    REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR ORAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE PROCEDURES.

    (Oral Health and Hygiene Procedures; Mandated Covered Health Benefit)

    CPH/HTH
         

    15

    REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS.

    (Smoking Cessation Program; Auditor's Study)

    CPH/HTH
         

    16

    REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR OBESITY REDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

    (Obesity Reduction; Children & Adolescents; Mandated Benefit)

    CPH/HTH
         

    17

    URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

    (National Institutes of Health; Increase Funding)

    HTH
         

    18

    SUPPORTING THE COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM AND THE URGENT NEED FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

    (Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam; Religious Freedom in Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

    TMG/SAT
         

    19

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL KITCHENS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

    (DOE; central kitchens)

    EDU
         

    20

    REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO UPDATE THE 1994 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES' MASTER BUILDING PLAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

    (UH College of Education (UH COE); DAGS 1994 UH COE Facilities Master Plan Update)

    EDU
         

    21

    REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO INVESTIGATE AND REVIEW THE ENTIRE OPERATION OF THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION, ITS STAFF, INCLUDING ANY AGENCY OR PERSON WHO ASSISTS THE COMMISSION IN FULFILLING THE MISSION OF THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION.

    (Campaign Spending Commission Investigation)

    JHW
         

    22

    URGING STATE AND HONOLULU COUNTY RECOGNITION OF THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S FLAG SYMBOL.

    (SCR SMO 04-003)

    TMG/SAT
         

    23

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND REQUIRE AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-LEVEL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    (Elementary School-Level Physical Education Program)

    EDU
         

    24

    REQUESTING A REPORT ON STATE AND COUNTY COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.

    (Audit; Solid Waste Management Laws; Landfills)

    HTH/ENE
         

    25

    REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S CONTRACTS FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING.

    (Requests an audit of DOT's contracts for solid waste disposal.)

    ENE/TMG
         

    26

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, THE STATE FILM OFFICE, THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, OTHER STATE AGENCIES, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL.

    (International Animation Film Festival)

    ECD/EDU
         

    S.R. NO.

    TITLE

    REFERRAL
         

    5

    REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REEVALUATE THE PLACEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.

    (Task Force to Evaluate Placement of the Office of Public Guardian)

    JHW
         

    6

    REQUESTING CONGRESS TO EXEMPT HAWAII, ALASKA, GUAM, AND PUERTO RICO FROM THE JONES ACT FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY OF ITS RESIDENTS.

    (Jones Act; Ask U. S. Congress to Repeal)

    TMG
         

    7

    REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO REPEAL THE PASSENGER SERVICES ACT OF 1886.

    (Request to Repeal the Passenger Services Act of 1886.)

    TMG
         

    8

    SUPPORTING INCREASING THE DEPTH OF BARBERS POINT HARBOR.

    (Supports increasing the depth of Barbers Point Harbor.)

    TMG
         

    9

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL KITCHENS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

    (DOE; central kitchens)

    EDU
         

    10

    REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO UPDATE THE 1994 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES' MASTER BUILDING PLAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

    (UH College of Education (UH COE); DAGS 1994 UH COE Facilities Master Plan Update)

    EDU
         

    11

    URGING STATE AND HONOLULU COUNTY RECOGNITION OF THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S FLAG SYMBOL.

    (SR SMO 04-003)

    TMG/SAT
         

    12

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND REQUIRE AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-LEVEL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    (Elementary School-Level Physical Education Program)

    EDU
         

    13

    REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, THE STATE FILM OFFICE, THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, OTHER STATE AGENCIES, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL.

    (International Animation Film Festival)

    ECD/EDU
         
         
  9. Miscellaneous Communications: None
  10. Miscellaneous Business
  11. Announcements

    12. Committee Hearing Schedule:

    COMMITTEE

    DATE

    TIME

    ROOM

    EDU / LBR

    Hearing

    Monday, 02/09

    1:00PM

    212

    EDU

    Decision Making

    WLA

    Hearing

    Monday, 02/09

    1:30PM

    224

    EDU

    Hearing

    Monday, 02/09

    2:00PM

    212

    HMS

    Hearing

    Monday, 02/09

    2:15PM

    016

    HMS / TMG

    TMG / JHW

    Hearing

    Monday, 02/09

    2:45PM

    229

    TMG

    TMG

    Decision Making

    CPH

    Hearing

    Tuesday, 02/10

    9:00AM

    016

    CPH / SAT

    JHW

    Hearing (G.M.1&2)

    Tuesday, 02/10

    9:00AM

    229

    Decision Making (Bills)

  12. Adjournment