SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Thursday, January 27, 2005
1:15 p.m.
Conference Room 212; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON MEDIA, ARTS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE
Thursday, January 27, 2005
1:15 p.m.
Conference Room 016; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The hearing has been moved from Room 225 to 016 and bill numbers for discussion purposes are noted below.
This joint informational briefing will discuss the depth, breadth, and viability of the local film/media production industry, and address strategies for its growth. Although Hawaii logged a banner year for film and television production in 2004, our current range of media production incentives lag considerably behind most other states and leading production centers like Canada and Australia. This briefing will examine the steps necessary to grow Hawaii’s production levels, and be competitive with other regions.
Participants in this briefing will cover various segments of the industry and will include:
Overview:
The guest speakers will include:
The committees will also consider industry perspectives on the Administration's 2005 film/media production legislation: S.B. 716 and H.B. 607, Relating to Tax Credits for the Film and Television Industry.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Thursday, January 27, 2005
2:45 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 48 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Replaces the insurance fraud investigations unit with the insurance fraud investigations branch. |
CPC/JUD/LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, January 27, 2005
3:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 107 |
RELATING TO BROKERAGE RELATIONSHIPS. Adds new chapter governing brokerage relationships to the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Appropriates $ from the Real Estate Education Fund for consumer and licensee educational programs and a real estate brokerage specialist position within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. |
CPC/JUD, FIN |
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HB 208 |
RELATING TO ANTITRUST. Broadens applicability of antitrust law by prohibiting "persons," as opposed to "corporations," from acquiring or merging with another "person" if the effect is to substantially lessen competition. Expressly authorizes private litigants to seek injunctive relief against all violations of chapter 480. |
CPC/JUD |
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HB 380 |
RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Requires award of attorney's fees and costs to beneficiary or policyholder who successfully establishes insurer's liability under insurance policy in arbitration. |
CPC/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, January 28, 2005
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 180 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided under collective bargaining agreements for counterparts within the employer's jurisdiction. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 246 |
RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Establishes a pay equity task force to review any relevant information and make recommendations for funds and specific actions to correct any gender-based pay inequities. Prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee of the opposite sex for equal work, except when the difference in compensation is based on a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a bona fide occupational qualification, or a differential based on any factor other than sex. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 335 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discriminating against an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave in accordance with a valid collective bargaining agreement or valid employment policy. Clarifies that the term "employee" includes an employee with a nonchronic condition of a short-term nature. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 338 |
RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS. Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 339 |
RELATING TO DEFENSE TO TRESPASS. Makes it a defense to the offense of trespass that the defendant was engaged in labor dispute picketing at a mall, shopping center, resort, or hotel complex, provided that the picketing is limited to areas accessible to the general public, is confined to the entrance and exit of the employer involved, and is conducted only when the employer's employees are on the premises. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 370 |
RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. Requires the department of human resources development to formulate and implement a statewide policy on telecommuting for state employees. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 212 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a post-high school vocational training program in Pahoa/Ka'u, island of Hawaii. |
LAB, HED, FIN |
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HB 39 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. Enables a retired public employee who is a member of the employer-union health benefits trust fund and who has a spouse that is not a retired public employee to enroll in health benefits plans as an individual or a family. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 40 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. Requires the employer-union health benefits trust fund to establish flexible health benefit option plans for retirees to select benefits coverage under separate option categories. Allows employee-beneficiaries whose spouses are not public employees or retired public employees to enroll in plans. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 132 |
RELATING TO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. Establishes a chief technology officer within the office of the governor. Makes appropriations for FY 2005-2006 and FY 2006-2007. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND & OCEAN RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Friday, January 28, 2005
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 12 |
RELATING TO CLEAN WATER. Increases, from $25,000 to $40,000, the fine for each violation of the water pollution law, or any rule, permit, or variance issued under that law. Enacts provisions relating to muddy water. Allows citizen suits. |
WLO, JUD, FIN |
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HB 90 |
RELATING TO SUMMARY POSSESSION. Requires venue for a residential landlord-tenant summary possession action to be in small claims court unless all parties agree to move the action to district court. |
WLO, JUD |
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HB 304 |
RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Allocates an unspecified percentage of the conveyance tax to the counties for the development of affordable housing. |
WLO, HSG, FIN |
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HB 354 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Amends the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree by deleting the applicability of the offense to persons who enter or remain unlawfully in or upon public property. |
WLO, JUD |
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HB 306 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY IMMUNITY. Repeals sunset date for public land liability immunity. |
WLO, JUD, FIN |
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HB 131 |
RELATING TO MARINE RESERVES. Creates the Hawaii Marine Reserves Network. |
WLO/EEP/HAW, JUD, FIN |
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HB 170 |
RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED MARINE COMANAGEMENT. Creates a framework for community-based marine comanagement. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to designate community-based marine comanagement areas. Encourages the formation of community-based marine comanagement area councils and management plans. Provides for enforcement and penalties for violation of any rule or law applicable to any community-based marine comanagement area. |
WLO/EEP/HAW, JUD, FIN |
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HB 247 |
RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Prohibits the sale or transfer of biological resources or biological diversity on public lands; establishes a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues related to bioprospecting, including equitable benefit sharing, and appropriates funds to enable the commission to develop a comprehensive bioprospecting plan; to be repealed 6/30/08. |
EEP/WLO/HAW, EDB/AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND AGRICULTURE
Friday, January 28, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
This is an informational briefing only.
Financial Assistance for Agriculture
Plant, Pest and Disease Control
Rabies Quarantine
Animal Disease Control
Agricultural Resource Management
Quality and Price Assurance
Aquaculture Development
Agribusiness Development and Research
Agribusiness Development and Marketing
General Administration for Agriculture
Measurement Standards
Pesticides
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING
Friday, January 28, 2005
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 105 |
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits tenants or guests from unlawfully possessing dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drugs in a dwelling unit or on surrounding premises. Authorizes a summary eviction proceeding for violation of the prohibition, wherein the landlord may rely upon notices or reports issued by law enforcement. |
HSG, CPC, JUD |
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HB 241 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to repair all vacant public housing units by December 31, 2006. Provides for funding through Capital Fund Program grants or issuance of bonds. |
HSG, FIN |
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HB 367 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING REPAIR AND RENOVATION. Authorizes general obligation bond issuance and appropriates funds to repair and renovate vacant public housing units. |
HSG, FIN |
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HB 368 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes general bond issuance and appropriates funds for construction of public housing. |
HSG, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND & OCEAN RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Friday, January 28, 2005
10:45 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol,
AGENDA:
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HB 9 |
RELATING TO HISTORIC DISTRICTS. Establishes the Pearl Harbor Historic District consisting of the USS Arizona memorial, USS Bowfin submarine museum and park, the battleship Missouri memorial, Pearl Harbor historic trail, and the military aviation museum of the Pacific. |
WLO/PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Friday, January 28, 2005
4:45 p.m.
University Classroom Building 127; University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, Hawaii
AGENDA:
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UOH 210 UH at Hilo UOH 800 Hawaii Community College and UH Center West Hawaii |
The purpose of the informational briefing is to highlight the 2005-2006 priorities and financial status of the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College systems. Representatives from the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii Community College, faculty, students, and local businesses, as appropriate, are requested to appear before the committee.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Saturday, January 29, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 60 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters. |
EDN, JUD, FIN |
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HB 61 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Lowers the compulsory education age from six to five years old, making attendance in kindergarten mandatory. |
EDN, FIN |
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HR 6 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ALL QUALIFIED STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY. |
EDN, FIN |
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HR 7 |
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND OFFER A WIDER VARIETY OF STUDENT ELECTIVE CLASSES INVOLVING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. |
EDN, FIN |
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HR 8 |
CONCERNING THE EXPANSION AND ADDITION OF HIGH SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS CLASSROOM OVERCROWDING AND SCHOOL STUDENT CAPACITY OVERLOAD. |
EDN, FIN |
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HR 9 |
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ARGUMENTATION COURSE AS A REQUIRED LANGUAGE ARTS COURSE NECESSARY TO GRADUATE. |
EDN, FIN |
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HR 10 |
URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF GRADE POINTS EARNED FOR AN ACCREDITED HONORS CLASS. |
EDN, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
Monday, January 31, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 189 |
RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF PROCEEDS FROM THE MANUFACTURE, PACKAGING, AND SALE OF FOOD FROM GENERAL EXCISE TAX LIABILITY. This Act seeks to exclude proceeds from the manufacture, packaging, and sale of food from general excise tax liability. |
EDB, HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB 489 |
RELATING TO BREWPUB LICENSES. Amends brewpub licensing law to authorize brewpubs to sell malt beverages in recyclable containers, rather than just glass containers. Authorizes brewpubs to directly sell malt beverages in brewery-sealed containers to class 2 restaurant licensees. |
EDB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 520 |
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Raises exemption from chapter 444 (relating to contractors) for project with an aggregate contract of $1,000 to $5,000. |
EDB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 389 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Establishes labor representation procedures in developments in which the State or counties have an ongoing proprietary interest. |
EDB, LAB/JUD, FIN |
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HB 162 |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules to promote the growth and development of small businesses. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 388 |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Bans State from contracting with or giving development assistance to companies that contract work offshore. Requires violating companies to repay to the State the amount paid for the percentage of work done by offshore workers. Bans violators from receiving contracts or development assistance for 5 years. |
EDB, LAB/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.