COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
AND COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Monday, February 13, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 3258 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs the department of education, in consultation with a variety of other organizations, to develop and implement a student and faculty exchange program between Hawaii and the Philippines. |
EDN/INT, FIN |
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HB 2627 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to include community service as a graduation requirement for public high schools. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 2743 HD1 (HSCR260-06) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the Facilities Alignment Commission to revitalize school facilities, including establishing criteria for the selection and recommendation of areas for new schools, schools for expansion, and schools for consolidation or closure. Allows the Legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in its entirety, and requires the Board of Education to proceed with these recommendations. (HB2743 HD1) |
EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 3237 |
RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Creates an Early Learning Authority to oversee the State's early childhood learning system. Makes more early childhood learning programs and facilities available by establishing financial incentives for their creation. Improves the quality of early childhood learning programs and practitioners by establishing financial incentives. Attracts and retains quality practitioners in the early learning system by ensuring adequate compensation. Guarantees the availability of early learning opportunities to all children by providing subsidies to all four-year-olds. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 3108 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows schools to set up debit card programs for teachers. |
EDN, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Monday, February 13, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2276 |
RELATING TO THE WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 BOARD. Gives the Board discretion as to the allocation of reimbursements from the wireless enhanced 911 fund between the Public Safety Answering Points and wireless carriers. |
CPC/PSM, FIN |
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HB 3117 |
RELATING TO NATURAL CATASTROPHES. Establishes a Hawaii catastrophic relief fund to provide reinsurance for the risks of catastrophic events in Hawaii and to mitigate the impact of a catastrophic or emergency condition in Hawaii. Repeals the Hawaii hurricane relief fund. Transfers moneys from Hawaii hurricane relief fund to Hawaii catastrophic relief fund. |
CPC/PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:05 p.m. AGENDA
CPC only:
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HB 3227 |
RELATING TO REAL ESTATE. Requires real estate brokers and real estate salespersons to receive continuing education about hazard identification and disclosure so that they can inform homebuyers about risks. |
CPC |
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HB 2325 (HSCR39-06) |
RELATING TO MONEYS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Raises the ceiling on expenditures from the major disaster fund from $1 million to $2 million to provide for additional disaster relief. Returns the interest earned on the hurricane reserve trust fund to the hurricane reserve trust fund when the Hawaii hurricane relief fund has policyholders. Creates a civil defense disaster preparedness special fund to build or improve public shelters, improve early warning systems, conduct public education on disaster preparedness, promote loss mitigation efforts, provide around the clock alert staff, update evacuation maps in phone books, develop statewide residential safe room design standards, fund disaster or emergency response programs, establish and maintain emergency supplies. |
PSM, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3230 |
RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Adopts for the State and counties the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, and Plumbing codes statewide and requires the counties to use the statewide code within two years. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 2211 (HSCR162-06) |
RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Repeals the definition of "day or days" under the State's workers' compensation law. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2931 HD1 (HSCR115-06) |
RELATING TO GENERATED ELECTRICITY. Exempts the general excise tax from the credit earned by a homeowner who sells excess electrical power to a utility company. (HB2931 HD1) |
EDB/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3053 (HSCR117-06) |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Allows the public utilities commission to establish standards that prescribe what portion of the renewable energy standards are to be met by specific types of resources; provided that at least 50% of the renewable portfolio standards are met by electrical energy produced by wind, solar energy, hydropower, landfill gas, waste to energy, geothermal resources, ocean thermal conversion, wave energy, biomass, including municipal solid waste, biofuels, or fuels derived from renewable energy, or fuel cells where the fuel is derived from renewable sources. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2620 HD1 (HSCR79-06) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Directs state covered fleets to procure energy efficient vehicles, applying definitions established by federal law. Directs counties to issue special license plates for energy-efficient and alternative fuel vehicles and exempts these vehicles from motor vehicle registration fees for 5 years. (HD1) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2078 HD1 (HSCR38-06) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide written consent to allow foster children to apply for a driver's license. Requires a foster child's natural parents or foster parents to pay for the child's car insurance and establishes provisions for payment if the child's parents are unable to pay. Allows higher education board allowances to be paid directly to former foster children. (HB2078 HD1) |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
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HB 3144 HD1 (HSCR158-06) |
RELATING TO THE STATE PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Extends income eligibility requirement to 150 percent of the federal poverty level. (HB3144 HD1) |
HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2670 HD1 (HSCR86-06) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates Hawaii health authority to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care in Hawaii. Appropriates $1. Report to 2008 regular session of the legislature. (HB2670 HD1). |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2321 HD1 (HSCR170-06) |
RELATING TO TORTS. Reforms the healthcare liability system for resolving healthcare liability claims and for compensating injured patients. (HB2321 HD1) |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 2604 |
RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. Previously heard on 2/1/06. Requires the renewal of property insurance at least once following the loss or damage of any covered property of the insured resulting from a catastrophe. |
CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2710 |
RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits as disorderly conduct, the operation of motorized equipment with noise levels exceeding 120 decibels, including lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and other grounds maintenance or construction equipment, between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., any day of the week. |
EEP, JUD |
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HB 2740 |
RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION. Authorizes any person acting as a private attorney general to commence a civil action against a person or entity that is in violation of the noise pollution law. |
EEP, JUD |
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HB 1955 |
RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Increases the mandatory minimum fines for littering violations, including littering from a motor vehicle; littering in public; and criminal littering. |
EEP, JUD |
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HB 3096 |
RELATING TO CURBSIDE RECYCLING Requires counties with greater than 500,000 residents to implement curbside collection of recyclable goods as a component of their solid waste management programs. |
EEP, JUD |
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HB 3150 |
RELATING TO ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE. Authorizes the Director of Health to develop and administer rules for a neighborhood watch program, and design and produce signs that inform the public that dumping is illegal, including a list of fines and penalties, and that a neighborhood watch is in effect. Appropriates from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund $100,000 to the Department of Health for the design and production of the signs. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2381 |
RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. Streamlines the approval of individual wastewater systems for home construction, aiding housing affordability, by allowing counties to assume wastewater system regulation and receive funding for implementation. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2506 |
RELATING TO THE FUEL TAX. Exempts county mass transit buses from the state fuel tax. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2003 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VOG MONITORING STATIONS. Appropriates funds out of the general revenues to install vog-monitoring stations at Mountain View and Pahala on the island of Hawaii. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 2819 |
RELATING TO DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of televisions, computers, furniture, mattresses, and mattress pads containing commercial decabromodiphenylether. |
HLT, EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 3216 |
RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF KAHO'OLAWE. Directs the auditor to conduct an audit to determine the feasibility of deploying alternative energy resources to meet the energy needs of the island of Kaho'olawe and submit a report of findings and recommendations to the legislature and governor before the convening of the 2007 regular session. |
HAW, EEP/LMG, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
EEP only:
Decision making only:
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HB 1945 |
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Amends the definition of deposit beverage container to allow the redemption of two liter (67.7 fluid ounces) bottles. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 1948 |
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Requires distributors to report container numbers sold and make fee payments on that basis. Specifies redemption center operating hours. Permits calculation of redemption value by container count in certain instances. Allows refusal of refund for previously baled or biscuited containers. |
EEP, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2367 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES. Authorizes the Office of Youth Services to obtain criminal history record information on employees, prospective employees, and volunteers of its contracted providers and subcontractors, in positions that necessitate close proximity to youth when providing services on behalf of the OYS. |
LAB/HUS, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
9:10 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1855 |
RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Appropriates various amounts, including unspecified amounts, for various services to be funded from the increased federal fund ceiling for the temporary assistance for needy families program. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 2258 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires TANF funds to be appropriated by the legislature and requires the governor's plan for expenditure of TANF funds to be approved by the legislature. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 2257 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Child Care Development Block Grant funds to be appropriated by the legislature and requires the governor's plan for expenditure of Child Care Development Block Grant funds to be approved by the legislature. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 2225 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of human services for temporary positions for Micronesian language interpreters. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 2788 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii state commission on the status of women. |
HUS, FIN |
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HB 2866 |
RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Requires a minor adjudicated of actions that would constitute selling or distributing drugs to choose imprisonment or drug counseling in the company of the minor's parents or guardians. |
HUS, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2951 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Allows a public employer to negotiate procedures and criteria on promotions, transfers, assignments, demotions, layoffs, suspensions, terminations, discharges, or other disciplinary actions. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2696 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discharging or barring from employment, withholding pay from, or demoting an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2952 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enforce Hawaii's prevailing wage law through the collection and maintenance of certified copies of all payrolls for public work projects. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2953 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Makes it the responsibility of the chief procurement officer to inform governmental contracting agencies of the requirements and applicability of Hawaii's prevailing wage law. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2558 |
RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Adds an employee who has otherwise been deemed unable to return to the employee's position to those whom the director of labor and industrial relations may refer to the department of human services or private vocational rehabilitation services. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 3018 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Provides that, in cases where public employees are convicted, pleads guilty or no contest to, even if the plea is deferred, to having embezzled, stolen or otherwise unlawfully taken, received, retained or failed properly to account for, any property or funds belonging to the State or any county or any department, bureau, board, or other agency, public employees be fined four times the amount taken. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 2700 |
RELATING TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES. Converts certain exempt positions to civil service in accordance with Act 253, SLH 2000. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2701 |
RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Provides that employees already in public service who have satisfactory performance are given first consideration for civil service vacancies. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2624 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Requires a percentage of unemployment insurance assessments to be credited to the employment and training fund. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2309 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Permits the EUTF to require individuals who become eligible for Medicare Part B reimbursements on or after 7/01-06 to accept direct deposit of the reimbursements to an institution of their choice. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 3223 |
RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Renames the state boxing commission as the state athletic commission; requires state athletic commission to regulate boxing and mixed martial arts contests; defines unarmed combat and mixed martial arts. |
TAC, CPC/JUD |
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HB 2799 |
RELATING TO ATTRACTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TAX CREDIT. Repeals the Attractions and Educational Facilities Tax Credit for Ko Olina Resort and Marina and Makaha Resort. |
TAC, FIN |