COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Friday, March 18, 2005
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
1:30 p.m. AGENDA:
EDN/HUS only:
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SB 1018 SD1 (SSCR731) |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Exempts private preschools and its programs that are part of a licensed elementary school from the licensing requirements imposed by the department of human services. (SD1) |
EDN/HUS |
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SB 1634 SD2 (SSCR950) |
RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Requires DOE to use empty classrooms and identify construction sites for early childhood education facilities. Authorizes DOE to inspect early childhood education facilities. Requests studies on the progress of the various private early childhood education programs and the age limits for public school junior kindergarten. Appropriates funds. (SD2) |
EDN/HUS, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:00 p.m.AGENDA:
EDN/LAB only:
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SB 1661 SD2 (SSCR793) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to subsidize DOE information systems projects and provide additional support personnel and training to support the amendments made by Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. Requires DOE to convert principal position to 12-month status or report to legislature reason why it is not feasible. (SD2) |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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SB 1643 SD2 (SSCR995) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes clarifying amendments to the new century charter school statutes. Establishes and provides funding for a per pupil allocation funding mechanism. Allows charter school employees to participate in the State's workers' compensation system. Enables charter schools to receive federal grant moneys under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Appropriates funds for these various purposes. (SD2) |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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SB 1250 SD2 (SSCR990) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. Requires the board of education to develop a classification/compensation plan for substitute teachers' pay commensurate with their educational training and academic qualifications. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2) |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
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SB 1636 SD2 (SSCR951) |
RELATING TO TEACHERS. Establishes increment salary increases for teachers and creates a comprehensive evaluation process for teachers. (SD2) |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:30 p.m. AGENDA:
EDN/HED only:
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SB 1394 SD2 (SSCR787) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for additional funds for schools that serve larger populations of military dependent students. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish a program to allow readmission to military members who have been deployed. (SD2) |
EDN/HED, FIN |
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SB 1642 SD2 (SSCR952) |
RELATING TO TEACHERS. Implements various programs and amendments to encourage teacher retention and recruitment. Appropriates funds. (SD2) |
EDN/HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:45 p.m. AGENDA:
EDN only:
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SB 1253 SD1 (SSCR47) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies a school community council's responsibilities. (SD1) |
EDN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Monday, March 21, 2005
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
EDB/LAB only:
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SB 935 SD1 (SSCR857) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires any state funded construction project to establish certified payroll and comply with the Davis Bacon Act. (SD1) |
EDB/LAB, FIN |
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SB 962 SD2 (SSCR725) |
RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES. Provides for the manner in which the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics on public work projects is to be established. Allows all individuals to bring suit for injunctive relief for violations of chapter 104. (SD2) |
EDB/LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:45 a.m. AGENDA:
EDB only:
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SB 1127 SD1 (SSCR905) |
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Provides that small purchase contracts awarded pursuant to section 103D-305 no longer require offerors to produce documentation to the procuring officer to demonstrate compliance. (SD1 |
EDB, FIN |
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SB 1136 SD2 (SSCR992) |
RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires competitive bidding on small purchases of construction contracts for drilling and soil testing. Effective date 7/1/2020. (SD2) |
EDB, FIN |
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SB 1236 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1072) |
RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. Increases tax per cigarette to 9 cents after 6/30/2006, 11 cents after 6/30/2007, and 13 cents after 6/30/2008. Earmarks 100% of tax for the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund, with the initial amounts collected to be allocated to the John A. Burns School of Medicine and Children's Health Insurance Program. (SB1236 HD1) |
HLT, EDB, FIN |
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SB 1721 SD2 (SSCR892) |
RELATING TO A STATE CULTURAL PUBLIC MARKET. Promotes cultural awareness, education, and diversity of the Hawaiian culture and that of other ethnic groups throughout the islands through the establishment of a permanent venue for the vendors and artists to showcase their products and their talents. (SD2) |
EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Monday, March 21, 2005
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
HLT/HUS only:
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SB 561 SD1 (SSCR963) |
RELATING TO CAREGIVER COORDINATOR POSITION. Establishes a caregiver coordinator position in the executive office on aging. (SD1) |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 27 SD1 (SSCR962) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KAPIOLANI CHILD AT-RISK EVALUATION PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for Kapiolani Child At-Risk Evaluation program. (SD1) |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 789 (SSCR960) |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES. Provides the DHS with emergency funds to reimburse DOH developmental disabilities or mental retardation medicaid waiver providers for FY 2004-2005 claims.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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SB 1624 SD1 (SSCR720) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Exempts physicians who prescribe HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C medications and immuno-suppressives for Medicaid beneficiaries from the preauthorization requirement. (SD1) |
HLT/HUS, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
HLT only:
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SB 116 SD2 (SSCR815) |
RELATING TO NURSES. Establishes a nursing scholars program to attract nurses with a bachelor's degree in nursing into a master's or doctoral program to prepare them for academic careers. (SD2) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 1468 SD1 (SSCR754) |
RELATING TO SMOKING. Bans smoking in all areas of airports and hospitals. (SD1) |
HLT, JUD |
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SB 1278 SD2 (SSCR985) |
RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers. (SD2) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB 761 SD2 (SSCR674) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Expands the definition of "serious mental illness" to include delusional disorder, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and dissociative disorder. (SD2) |
HLT, CPC |
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SB 130 SD2 (SSCR745) |
RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. Establishes a streamlined judicial process by which the DOH can seek a court order to permit involuntary medication of mental health patients to ensure safety in DOH operated or funded psychiatric inpatient facilities. (SD2) |
HLT, CPC/JUD |
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SB 118 SD2 (SSCR658) |
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS EXAMINATIONS. Requires the board of dental examiners to accept the results of regional examinations for the licensure of dental hygienists and dentists. Requires that the national examination will supersede the regional examinations. (SD1) |
HLT, CPC |
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SB 568 SD1 (SSCR934) |
RELATING TO DENTISTS. Authorizes the licensure of dental specialists who are licensed in another state with equivalent or higher licensing standards without requiring passage of the state exam. Disallows licensure without examination for applicants who have failed the Hawaii exam during the prior five-year period. (SD1) |
HLT, CPC |
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SB 1229 SD1 (SSCR938) |
RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Authorizes the licensure of dental hygienists who are licensed in another state with equivalent or higher licensing standards without requiring passage of the state exam. Disallows licensure without examination for certain applicants who have previously failed the Hawaii exam or a regional exam. (SD1) |
HLT, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Monday, March 21, 2005
Conference Room 423; State Capitol,
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
WLO only:
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HCR 78 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR THE CAPTURE OR DESTRUCTION OF MANTA RAYS WITHIN THE MARINE WATERS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
WLO |
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HCR 88 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONSIDER IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE AHIHI-KINAU NATURAL AREA RESERVE. |
WLO |
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SB 1680 SD1 (SSCR17) |
RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS. Requires that at least one member of the board of land and natural resources have a background, knowledge, and demonstrated experience in the subject area. (SD1) |
WLO |
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SB 895 SD1 (SSCR18) |
RELATING TO LIMU MANAGEMENT AREA. Establishes a limu management area along the shoreline in Ewa Beach. Creates an advisory group to assist DLNR in determining best management practices. Sunsets the provisions on 6/30/2010. (SD1) |
WLO, JUD |
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SB 1883 SD2 (SSCR 929) |
RELATING TO MILOLI'I FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA. Designates the Miloli'I fisheries management area in south Kona as a community based subsistence fishing area to preserve and maintain its legacy as a traditional Hawaiian fishing village. (SD2) |
WLO |
Decision making to follow.
10:30 a.m. AGENDA:
WLO/EEP only:
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SB 1893 (SSCR729) |
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Allows private and public landowners to remove noxious trees within a conservation district by applying for a site plan approval permit with the DLNR; exempts this activity from the requirements of chapter 343 where DLNR determines that there is no significant effect on the environment. |
WLO/EEP |
Decision making to follow.
11:00 a.m. AGENDA:
WLO/TAC only:
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SB 1734 SD2 (SSCR762) |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers investing in a motor sports facility to be developed at an unspecified site. (SD2) |
WLO/TAC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Monday, March 21, 2005
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
9:30 a.m. AGENDA:
TRN/JUD only:
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SB 76 SD1 (SSCR719) |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Clarifies penalties for motor vehicle size and weight violations. (SD1) |
TRN/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
TRN/HED only:
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SB 1697 SD2 (SSCR761) |
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRAINING. Appropriates funds to cover start-up costs for an integrated airlines training center in Hawaii. (SD2) |
TRN/HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.