| Measure Title: | RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
| Report Title: | Workers' Compensation |
| Description: | Authorizes recovery of attorney's fees and costs under law administered by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations by any person who successfully defends any charge of workers' compensation insurance fraud, except criminal cases, against the person who initiates and prosecutes the action. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to investigate complaints and prosecute cases of workers' compensation fraud, provided that the complaint is against an insurance carrier, a self-insured employer, or a full-insured employer. |
| Package: | House Majority Caucus |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | SAY, ABINSAY, ARAKAKI, BERG, CABANILLA, CALDWELL, CHANG, CHONG, EVANS, GREEN, HALE, HERKES, HIRAKI, KAHIKINA, KANOHO, KARAMATSU, KAWAKAMI, LEE, MAGAOAY, MORITA, NAKASONE, B. OSHIRO, M. OSHIRO, SHIMABUKURO, SONSON, TAKAI, TAKUMI, TSUJI, WAKAI, Ito, Luke, Nishimoto, Saiki, Schatz, Souki, Takamine, Tanaka, Waters, Yamane, Yamashita |
| Current Referral: | LAB, CPC/JUD |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/27/2005 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/31/2005 | H | Referred to LAB, CPC/JUD, referral sheet 7 |
| 2/1/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Friday, 02-04-05 at 8:30 am in House conference room 309. |
| 2/2/2005 | H | This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Friday 02-04-05 at 8:30 am in conference room 309. |
| 2/7/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Friday, 02-11-05 at 8:30 am in House conference room Auditorium. |
| 2/11/2005 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 02/15/2005. |
| 2/15/2005 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Caldwell, Nakasone, Chong, Ito, M. Oshiro, Shimabukuro, Souki; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Fox; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Meyer. |
| 2/17/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 609), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on CPC/JUD. |
| 2/18/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with Representative(s) Marumoto, Meyer, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Fox, Halford, Ito, Morita, Moses, Saiki, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tanaka, Wakai excused. |
| 2/18/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JUD on Wednesday, 02-23-05 at 1:30 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 2/23/2005 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| 12/2/2005 10:34:33 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment