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SB1060 SD1 HD2 CD1

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Measure Title:

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Report Title:

Workers' Compensation Law

Description:

Amends workers' compensation law, including limiting an employer's ability to terminate benefits, authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the injured employee, specifying procedures for medical examinations by the employer's physician, establishing fines for violations, requiring the reporting of denials of claims and relevant information, and further restricting the director of labor and industrial relations' rulemaking authority. Effective June 30, 2007. (CD1)

Package:

Democratic Party Package

Companion:

Introducers:

HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara, Taniguchi, Baker, Kokubun

Current Referral:

LAB, CPC, FIN

Date		Status Text
1/19/2007	S	Introduced.
1/22/2007	S	Passed First Reading.
1/24/2007	S	Referred to JDL.
2/23/2007	S	The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-28-07 at 9:00 am in conference room 229.
2/28/2007	S	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Kokubun, Nishihara, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
3/2/2007	S	Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 891) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
3/2/2007	S	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
3/2/2007	S	48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-07.
3/6/2007	S	Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Sakamoto, Slom, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Bunda). Transmitted to House.
3/6/2007	H	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 202) in amended form (SD 1).
3/8/2007	H	Pass First Reading
3/9/2007	H	Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 31
3/9/2007	H	Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-13-07 at 9:00 am in House conference room 309.
3/13/2007	H	The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Sonson, Nakasone, Evans, Har, Lee, Luke, Nishimoto, Souki, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Takamine; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Pine.
3/15/2007	H	Reported from the committee on LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1251) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on CPC.
3/16/2007	H	Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Meyer, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Berg, Magaoay, Souki, Takamine, Thielen excused (5).
3/19/2007	H	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-21-07 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325.
3/21/2007	H	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Caldwell, Ito, Luke, Sonson, Souki, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Evans, Green, Yamashita; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Marumoto; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Herkes, Morita, Tsuji, Thielen.
3/22/2007	H	Reported from the committee on CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1441), recommending referral to the committee on FIN.
3/23/2007	H	Report adopted; referrred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Marumoto, Meyer voting no and Representative(s) Takamine, Thielen excused.
3/31/2007	H	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-03-07 at 4:00 pm in House conference room 308.
4/3/2007	H	The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 04-04-07.
4/4/2007	H	Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-04-07 at 3:00 pm in conference room 308.
4/4/2007	H	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Lee, Chong, Mizuno, Nakasone, Rhoads; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Brower, Carroll, Hanohano, Har, Magaoay, Manahan, Sagum, Tokioka, Awana; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Meyer, Ward; and 0 Excused: none.
4/5/2007	H	Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1940) as amended in (HD 2), recommending passage on Third Reading.
4/5/2007	H	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-10-07.
4/10/2007	H	Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 2) with Representative(s) Belatti, Berg, Ching, Finnegan, Hanohano, Har, Herkes, Marumoto, McKelvey, Meyer, Morita, Nishimoto, Pine, Shimabukuro, Takai, Takamine, Takumi, Thielen, Wakai, Ward, Yamane voting no (21) and Representative(s) Bertram, Green, Souki, Tokioka excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
4/12/2007	S	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 606).
4/12/2007	S	Senate disagrees with House amendments.
4/12/2007	S	Senate Conferees appointed: Hee, Chair; Kokubun, Nishihara.
4/12/2007	H	Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 745).
4/12/2007	H	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 747).
4/16/2007	H	House conferees appointed: Sonson, Souki, Nakasone Co-Chairs; Awana.
4/17/2007	S	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 785).
4/24/2007	S	Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-07 at 11:00 am in conference room 325.
4/25/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-07 at 6:30 pm in conference room 325.
4/25/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-07 at 11:30 am in conference room 325.
4/26/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-07 at 12:30 pm in conference room 325.
4/26/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-07 at 10:00 am in conference room 325.
4/27/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-07 at 2:00 pm in conference room 325.
4/27/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-07 at 3:30 pm in conference room 325.
4/27/2007	S	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-07 at 5:00 pm in conference room 309.
4/27/2007	S	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Kokubun, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
4/27/2007	H	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sonson, Souki, Nakasone, Awana; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
4/27/2007	S	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 120).
4/27/2007	S	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-07.
4/27/2007	H	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 120) as amended in (CD 1).
4/27/2007	H	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-07.
5/1/2007	S	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 19 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ige, Kim, Sakamoto . 5 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, Whalen. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker.
5/1/2007	H	Passed Final Reading as amended in (CD 1) with Representative(s) Awana, Belatti, Berg, Brower, Ching, Evans, Finnegan, Green, Hanohano, Har, Marumoto, Meyer, Morita, Nishimoto, Pine, Saiki, Takai, Takamine, Takumi, Thielen, Tokioka, Ward voting no (22) and Representative(s) Bertram, Sagum excused (2).
5/1/2007	H	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889).
5/3/2007	S	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 856).
5/4/2007	S	Enrolled to Governor.
6/25/2007	S	Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-25-07 (Gov. Msg. No. 979)
6/25/2007	H	Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 546)
7/10/2007	H	Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 625).
7/10/2007	S	Vetoed on 07-10-07 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1044).

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