COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
1:45 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1909 |
RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Establishes ethics requirements for legislators, state officials and employees, and lobbyists.
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JUD/LMG |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 660 |
RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS. Expands the jurisdiction of the circuit courts to include impeachment proceedings against county officers.
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JUD |
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HB 1392 |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Gives OIP the ability to render decisions. Makes compliance by boards mandatory. Allows OIP to obtain court enforcement of its decision.
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JUD |
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HB 910 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Requires members of certain executive boards of state departments to file public financial disclosure statements with the commission.
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JUD |
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HB 975 |
RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Reduces the value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee from $200 to $100.
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JUD |
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HB 909 |
RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Expands conflicts of interests section of state ethics code.
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JUD |
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HB 976 |
RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Expands the regulation of lobbyists to include the lobbying for administrative action extending beyond rulemaking.
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JUD |
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HB 128 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Allows two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members that would constitute a quorum, to discuss their individual positions relating to official board business at other board meetings, legislative public hearings, and at other events that include matters relating to official board business.
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JUD |
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HB 994 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Clarifies that in cases where a meeting has been duly noticed but a board fails to attain a quorum, the remaining members of the board may still receive testimony and presentations.
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JUD |
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HB 849 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows 2 or more members, but less than a quorum, of a board or commission to attend presentations, including meetings of other agencies, relating to official board business. Authorizes informational presentations when a quorum is temporarily lost.
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JUD |
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HB 1512 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Authorizes public input at noticed neighborhood board meetings and discussion but not decision on those issues. Allows two or more neighborhood board members, but less than a quorum, to attend meetings relating to board business. Clarifies neighborhood board actions on unanticipated events.
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JUD |
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HB 714 HD1 (HSCR591) |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Allows the use of blue and red lights on approved law enforcement vehicles of the conservation and resource enforcement division, department of land and natural resources. Amends the definition of authorized emergency vehicles. (HB714 HD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 964 HD1 (HSCR305) |
RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Requires that substance abuse testing be conducted according to the manufacturer's rather than the federal government's package insert. Amends definition of "substance abuse on-site screening test" to include tests used for forensic testing as a workplace testing device. (HB964 HD1)
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LAB, JUD |
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HB 1406 (HSCR408) |
RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR. Expands the crimes of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first and second degrees to include situations in which an adult causes or permits a minor to inject, inhale or use a controlled substance that was not prescribed by a physician.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 464 HD1 (HSCR719) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires recipients of state funding that provide sexual health education to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception. Provides exemption to programs receiving federal funds that would lose those funds by complying with state requirement.
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HLT, JUD |
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HB 1784 HD1 (HSCR536) |
RELATING TO CRIME. Creates the offense of human trafficking. (HB1784 HD1)
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 1836 |
RELATING TO GAMBLING. Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration.
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JUD |
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HB 1311 (HSCR190) |
RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Exempts foreign banks that are licensed under U.S. laws or any state which are supervised as financial institutions from the provisions of the Money Transmitters Act.
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CPC, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1103 |
RELATING TO ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR COMMEMORATION. Establishes the Asian Lunar New Year Commemoration Week.
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TAC/INT |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 345 |
RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. Establishes September 21 of each year as Peace Day to promote peace programs, improve international relations, and increase educational awareness of peace. Encourages citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on the holiday
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TAC |
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HB 349 (HSCR593) |
RELATING TO COUNTY REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLE TOURS. Authorizes the counties to regulate both guided and unguided bicycle tour businesses on state and county highways.
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TRN, TAC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
9:05 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HCR 40/ HR 24 |
RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A "STATE OF HAWAII WORLD TRADE CENTER, HONOLULU".
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INT, EDB |
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HCR 42 |
STRONGLY URGING THE UNITED NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION THE MILLIONS OF LEGALLY UNREGISTERED CHILDREN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA KNOWN AS THE HEI HAIZI.
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INT |
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HCR 38 |
RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 21ST AS INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND RECONCILIATION DAY IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.
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INT |
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HR 27 |
STRONGLY URGING THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REQUEST BY RESOLUTION THAT THE UNION OF MYANMAR CEASE ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS IN ETHNIC MINORITY REGIONS AND BEGIN A SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL DIALOGUE LEADING TO DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION.
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INT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.