OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 1
3rd LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 21, 2005
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
HSG Housing |
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CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce |
HUS - Human Services |
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EDB - Economic Development and |
INT - International Affairs |
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Business Concerns |
JUD - Judiciary |
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EDN - Education |
LAB - Labor and Public Employment |
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EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection |
LMG - Legislative Management |
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FIN - Finance |
PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs |
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HAW Hawaiian Affairs |
TAC - Tourism and Culture |
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HED - Higher Education |
TRN - Transportation |
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HLT - Health |
WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources |
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HOUSE BILLS |
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Committee |
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H.B. NO. |
REFERRAL |
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1 |
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Recodifies the statutes relating to higher education and the University of Hawaii. |
HED, JUD, FIN |
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2 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Changes the number of members on the board of regents. Establishes guidelines on the geographic locations to be represented. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends article X, section 6 of the Hawaii constitution to allow modifications to the UH board of regents appointment process and establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for the board. |
HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends statutes in conformity with proposed constitutional amendment to allow modifications to the UH board of regents appointment process and establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for the board. |
HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Makes the optional retirement plan for University of Hawaii employees permanent. |
HED/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STADIUMS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Abolishes the stadium authority and transfers Aloha Stadium and Kapolei Recreational Sports Complex to UH and DLNR, respectively. |
TAC/WLO, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Makes front motor vehicle license plate optional. |
TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MILITARY SERVICE. Establishment of and criteria for Hawaii Medal of Honor. |
PSM, LMG |
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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 |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Exempts members of the national guard and reserves from county vehicular taxes and fees for noncommercial motor vehicles. |
TRN/PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MILITIA. Allows the Adjutant General to appoint an Assistant Adjutant General for a newly established joint headquarters component of the State National Guard at a grade no higher than major general. |
PSM, FIN |
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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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RELATING TO DRUG REHABILITATION HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. Repeals provisions in Hawaii Revised Statutes allowing certain drug rehabilitation homes to be located in residential areas. |
JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires the state director of finance to transmit revenues received from all unadjudicated traffic violations or infractions to the police department of the county in which the traffic infraction occurred to enable each chief of police to recruit and retain qualified police officers. |
JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction not subject to the procurement code. |
LMG, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates premiums and earnings from sales and investment of proceeds of revenue bonds issued by the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to the University for the continued construction of the university health and wellness center, including the new medical school facility. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER'S SHARE OF FRINGE BENEFITS COSTS INCURRED ON SALARIES CHARGED TO SPECIAL AND REVOLVING FUNDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes that the fringe benefit costs for University of Hawaii employees whose salaries are paid through special or revolving fund revenues shall instead be paid with general funds. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII LANDS. Clarifies the authority of the University of Hawaii to manage any real property owned or leased by the university or otherwise under its control by authorizing the board of regents to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to public activities permitted or occurring on university lands. |
HED, WLO/HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR HOUSING UNITS. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to finance university housing units. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Removes the June 30, 2005, sunset date of Act 321, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS. Allows the University of Hawaii to enter into financing agreements, without exception and without the approval of the Director of Finance and the Attorney General. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Consolidates several special and revolving funds of the University of Hawaii system. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Makes the optional retirement plan for University of Hawaii employees permanent. Changes the limit on how much the State contributes to the optional retirement plan on behalf of the employee by removing the $100,000 ceiling and tying the ceiling to the federal tax limit on annual compensation as set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. |
HED, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Appropriates $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 as state matching funds required for National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research grant application. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education. |
HED |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education. |
HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii. |
HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii. |
HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii. |
HED |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Authorizes the director of human services to use the federal supply schedule for the negotiation and purchase of brand name prescription drugs in connection with prescription drug programs administered by the State. |
CPC/HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires quarterly reports from manufacturers of prescription drugs dispensed in the State. The quarterly reports shall disclose the: average wholesale price; wholesale acquisition cost; average manufacturer price; and the best price. |
CPC/HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS. Requires drug manufacturers to disclose value and purpose of gifts or economic benefits of $25 or more that are provided to health care professionals in promotional or marketing activities; requires director to establish pharmacy best practices and cost control program and to implement program for medicaid and other state public assistance health benefits plans; establishes drug utilization review board; requires director to request section 1115 waiver to maximize federal participation in state drug programs. |
CPC/HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN. Clarifies the policy of the State to actively encourage the maintenance and expansion of federal investment in military facilities in the State. |
PSM/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. Requires the State to work with international agencies to foster and initiate coordination, cooperation, and technology and research exchange with other countries. |
EDB/INT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. Honors James V. Hall by amending the law by which Hawaii's electoral votes are allocated to a presidential candidate from a winner-takes-all system to a proportional one. |
JUD |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Exempts operations of inmate commissary or store operation from the Hawaii public procurement code where no public funds are involved. |
PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to fund an executive secretary position to support the corrections population management commission. |
PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Conforms Hawaii income tax law to federal optional state sales tax law. |
FIN |
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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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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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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Implements short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
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42 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Implements short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
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43 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Implements short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
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44 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Implements short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Implements short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Precludes uninsured motorists and DUI drivers from recovering noneconomic losses in a motor vehicle accident. |
CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE AND MOTOR SCOOTER INSURANCE. Requires insurers to cancel a person's motorcycle and motor scooter insurance coverage upon: (1) Failure to submit proof of a license, or of a permit and enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course; or (2) Notification that the person failed to complete and pass the motorcycle education course. |
CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Replaces the insurance fraud investigations unit with the insurance fraud investigations branch. |
CPC/JUD/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LICENSING. Amends the examination provisions of the dentist and dental hygienist licensing laws by requiring applicants to pass one of four regional examinations given after January 1, 2005, until a national examination becomes available. |
HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO COSTS AND FEES. Deletes the phrase "actions in the nature of assumpsit" from the types of actions for which the prevailing party's attorneys' fees may be taxed by the court as fees to be paid by the losing party, and adds qualification that losing plaintiff must allege an amount sued for before attorneys fees can be assessed. |
JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT. Enacts the Uniform Athlete Agents Act to protect student-athletes and educational institutions. Provides for registration of athlete agents, the required form of contract, the right of the student athlete to cancel an agency contract, disclosure requirements relating to record maintenance, reporting, renewal, notice, warning, and security. Provides for reciprocity among the States. |
EDN/HED, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CEMETERY AND FUNERAL TRUSTS. Prohibits mortuary, cemetery, and pre-need funeral authorities from committing certain acts in connection with the cancellation of pre-need funeral services or pre-need interment services. |
CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURER ASSESSMENTS. Lowers the cap on aggregate annual assessments of health insurers from $1,000,000 to $500,000. |
CPC, FIN |
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54 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to insurance. |
CPC |
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RELATING TO COMMERCE. Short form bill relating to commerce. |
CPC |
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56 |
RELATING TO BUSINESS REGULATION. Short form bill relating to business regulation. |
CPC |
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RELATING TO CONSUMERS. Short form bill relating to consumers. |
CPC |
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58 |
RELATING TO UTILITIES. Short form bill relating to utilities. |
CPC |
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59 |
RELATING TO FAMILY CHILD CARE. Repeals the June 30, 2005, sunset date of the family child care home law. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters. |
EDN, JUD, FIN |
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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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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funding to hire additional career counselors for each department of education high school, based on school enrollment. |
EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Requires persons 75 years of age and older to pass a road test to renew their driver's license. |
TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION. Requires collection of DNA from all persons convicted of a felony, including minors adjudicated of a felony, and requires defendant to provide buccal swabs in addition to blood samples. |
JUD |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Implements short form bill relating to tourism. |
TAC |
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66 |
RELATING TO TOURISM. Implements short form bill relating to tourism. |
TAC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Short form bill. |
TAC |
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68 |
RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Relating to culture and the arts. |
TAC |
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69 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER. Short form bill. |
TAC |
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HOUSE RESOLUTIONS |
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H.R. NO. |
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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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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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CONCERNING THE EXPANSION AND ADDITION OF HIGH SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS CLASSROOM OVERCROWDING AND SCHOOL STUDENT CAPACITY OVERLOAD. |
EDN, FIN |
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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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URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF GRADE POINTS EARNED FOR AN ACCREDITED HONORS CLASS. |
EDN, FIN |
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