COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
HCR 55 HR 35 |
URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING PEACE EDUCATION INTO THE
SCHOOL CURRICULUM. |
EDN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of the informational briefing is to receive
testimony from the Department of Education regarding an update on the
implementation of Act 51 and the status of Weighted Student Formula.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2:45 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 613 SD2 (SSCR964) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides funds to achieve a
maximum student-to-teacher ratio in certain schools. Requires the department of education to
identify unused public school land and facilities. (SD2) |
EDN, FIN |
|
SB 1176 SD1 (HSCR1232) |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Amends early intervention
services law to be consistent with the reauthorized individuals with
disabilities education act of 2004.
(SD1) |
HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN |
|
HCR 83 HR 59 |
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION TO ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ARE
INCLUDED IN THE A PLUS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. |
EDN |
|
HCR 125 HR 99 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO DETERMINE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC'S USE OF SCHOOL
ATHLETIC FACILITIES. |
EDN, FIN |
|
HCR 171 HR 134 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ESTABLISH A ONE-TO-ONE COMPUTER
ACCESS PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. |
EDN, FIN |
|
HCR 238 HR 192 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO INCREASE ACADEMIC SERVICES TO STUDENTS IN THE
AFTER-SCHOOL PLUS PROGRAM. |
EDN, FIN |
|
HCR 243 HR 194 |
REQUESTING A STUDY TO DETERMINE
THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A MULTIMEDIA ACCELERATED LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
PILOT PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
EDN, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 1060 SD1, HD1 (HSCR1251) |
RELATING TO WORKERS'
COMPENSATION LAW. 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. (SB1060
HD1) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
|
SB 12 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1261) |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE
RATE REGULATION. Prohibits health insurance
rates that are excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory. Requires health care insurers to submit
rate filings for approval by the insurance commissioner. Establishes penalties and appeal
procedures. (SB12 HD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
|
SB 53 (HSCR1226) |
RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
THERAPISTS. Includes marriage and family
therapy among the mental illness and alcohol and drug dependence benefits
required within the hospital and medical coverage offered under accident and
sickness insurance policies and similar insurance products. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
|
SB 600 (HSCR1222) |
RELATING TO LEASEHOLD
CONVERSION. Exempts from taxation 100% of
capital gains realized during taxable years 2008-2012 from sale of leased fee
interest in condominium units to association of apartment owners or
residential cooperative corporations. |
HSH, CPC, FIN |
|
SB 1400 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1271) |
RELATING TO FINANCIAL ABUSE. Requires financial institutions
to report suspected instances of financial abuse directed towards, targeting,
or committed against an elder to a local law enforcement agency or the
department of human services. (SB1400
HD1) |
HSH, CPC, JUD |
|
SB 1678 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1246) |
RELATING TO MEDICAL
REIMBURSEMENT. Requires health care plans to
reimburse health care providers 100% of the medicaid or medicare
reimbursement rate in effect for the current year and updated for each
calendar year thereafter. Appropriates
$ .
(HD1) |
HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2:05 p.m.
Conference Room 423; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 586 SD1 (SSCR844) |
RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Appropriates funds to staff and
operate the office of the legislative analyst. |
LMG, FIN |
|
SB 1083 SD1 (SSCR42) |
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE
BROADCAST PROGRAM. Makes appropriation to hard
wire state capitol conference rooms, the capitol auditorium, and both
chambers for video broadcasts. |
LMG, FIN |
|
SB 1084 SD1 (SSCR43) |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE
PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET. Appropriates funds for archived
and indexed video and audio streams of legislative proceedings on the
Internet. |
LMG, FIN |
|
SB 1711 (SSCR646) |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
AGENCIES. Increases salaries of deputies
and first assistants of legislative service agencies from not more than 87%
to 92% of the salary of each agency's director. |
LMG, FIN |
|
SB 1916 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1279) |
RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Strengthens support of family
caregivers by, among other things:
extending the joint legislative committee on family caregiving;
requiring the executive office on aging to conduct a comprehensive assessment
of care recipients' needs and the needs of their family caregivers; and
appropriating funds to expand services for care recipients and their family
caregivers. (SB1916 HD1) |
HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
4:00 p.m.
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 620 SD1 (SSCR756) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF
SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR Appropriates $50,000,000 in
special purpose revenue bonds to assist |
FIN |
|
SB 1370 SD1 (SSCR850) |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE
REVENUE BONDS. Allows the department of budget
and finance to assess fees for the administration of special purpose revenue
bonds issued. |
FIN |
|
SB 149 SD1 (SSCR41) |
RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general
obligation bonds. Makes findings
required by article XII, section 13 of the state constitution to declare that
issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. |
FIN |
|
SB 1372 SD1 (SSCR848) |
RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF
FINANCING AGREEMENTS. Allows state departments and
agencies to enter directly into financing agreements to finance the
construction of facilities and the leasing or purchase of equipment. |
FIN |
|
SB 1260 SD2 (SSCR988) |
RELATING TO A GRANT TO Makes an emergency
appropriation as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS, to |
FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 1932 SD2 (HSCR1274) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the issuance of
general obligation bonds and general revenue appropriations for department of
education and |
EDN/HED, HSH, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:35 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
HCR 182 HR 140 |
ESTABLISHING AN ELDER ABUSE
TASK FORCE. |
HSH/HLT, JUD |
|
HCR 187 HR 145 |
REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE BUREAU TO STUDY RESPITE CARE. |
HSH/HLT, LMG |
|
HCR 322 HR 257 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. |
HSH/HLT, JUD |
|
HCR 51 |
REQUESTING A FINANCIAL AUDIT OF
THE |
HSH, LMG |
|
HCR 158 HR 125 |
EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE
LEGISLATURE THAT THE STATE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE EMINENT DOMAIN
PROCEEDINGS FOR KUKUI GARDENS. |
HSH, FIN |
|
HCR 219 HR 177 |
URGING THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO REMOVE DESIGNATED UNITS AT
KALIHI VALLEY HOMES FROM THE LIST OF STRUCTURES SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION AND
TO WORK WITH THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO RENOVATE THE BUILDINGS
INSTEAD. |
HSH, FIN |
|
HCR 272 HR 214 |
URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU TO INCLUDE IN ALL LAND USE APPROVALS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS,
CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE CONCURRENT PROVISION OF ALL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED
BY THE DEVELOPMENT. |
HSH, WLH |
|
HCR 133 HR 107 |
SUPPORTING THE BREASTFEEDING
MOTHERS' BILL OF RIGHTS OFFERED AS SENATE BILL NO. 1674 AND ASSEMBLY BILL NO.
3782 IN THE |
HSH, JUD |
|
HCR 130 HR 104 |
CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEX ASSAULT. |
HSH, FIN |
|
HCR 140 HR 113 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES TO CONSIDER INTERNAL MECHANISMS FOR IMPROVING ADULT PROTECTIVE
SERVICES WITHOUT LEGISLATION. |
HSH |
|
HCR 204 HR 162 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES TO FACILITATE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO NON-CITIZEN
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. |
HSH, JUD, FIN |
|
HCR 337 |
REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF
HUMAN SERVICES TO FACILITATE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING PENDING REPATRIATION OR DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCY STATUS. |
HSH, FIN |
|
HCR 333 HR 268 |
REQUESTING THE |
HSH, LAB |
|
HCR 193 HR 151 |
REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO
ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS. |
HSH, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 1931 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1275) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates
funds for an educational workforce working group under DBEDT, to examine and
address issues workforce and workforce-related education issues. Requires DOE to include in its strategic
plan, plans for workforce-related needs.
Requires UH to submit a report to the Legislature on its workforce
development efforts. Appropriates
funds for positions to assist DOE with its workforce development
efforts. (SB1931 HD1) |
EDN/HED, LAB/EDB, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:45 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 188 SD2 (SSCR953) |
RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT. Amends the Small Business
Regulatory Flexibility Act; provides that a small business impact statement
will be prepared and submitted to the small business regulatory review board
as early as practicable in the rule drafting process; provides that adopted
rules affecting small business will be reviewed to determine if they are
still appropriate within five years after adoption; requires selected
information to be sent to the ombudsman; makes changes to chapter 201M to
clarify the definition of a rule and to remove outdated sections. (SD2) |
EDB, CPC/JUD |
|
SB 707 SD2 (SSCR1009) |
RELATING TO A NEW MARKETS TAX
CREDIT. Provides a new markets tax
credit of one hundred per cent of the amount paid to a qualified community
development entity located in Hawaii for a qualified equity investment;
requires taxpayer to have received an allowance of credit under section 45D
of the Internal Revenue Code, the federal new markets tax credit. (SD2) |
EDB, FIN |
|
SB 898 SD1 (SSCR706) |
RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY TAX
INCENTIVES. Requires the department of
taxation to report annually on information collected from July 1, 2004, and
thereafter on qualified high technology businesses and related tax incentives
to properly evaluate their effectiveness; appropriates unspecified amounts
for the department to initiate and begin implementation. (SD1) |
EDB, FIN |
|
SB 1688 SD1 (SSCR746) |
RELATING TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a research and
development follow-on funding program for Hawaii‑based small businesses
that received federal funding through the Hawaii Technology Development
Venture or the National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean
Sciences; appropriates an unspecified amount to the |
EDB, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:40 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 153 SD1 (SSCR763) |
RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Makes appropriations to the
department of health to assess the structural integrity of all hospitals and
nursing homes in |
HLT/PSM, FIN |
|
SB 257 SD1 (SSCR1012) |
RELATING TO CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES. Prohibits pre-signed and
predated prescriptions. Clarifies how
the narcotic enforcement division administrator shall conduct inspections at
pharmacies. (SD1) |
HLT/PSM, CPC/JUD |
|
HCR 229 HR 186 |
REQUESTING THE CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF |
PSM/HLT, EEP |
|
HR 223 |
REQUESTING THE CIVIL DEFENSE
DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH, TO BEGIN NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO ESTABLISH A |
PSM/HLT, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Thursday, March 22, 2007
8:55 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 932 SD2 (SSCR993) |
RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE
OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Establishes offender reentry
system to help adult offenders prepare for release and reintegration back to
the community. Establishes a
stakeholder committee and appropriates funds for demonstration projects. Establishes a one-year pilot day reporting
center administered by the department of public safety and appropriates
funds. Appropriates funds for the
expansion of the restorative circles pilot program to other correctional facilities
statewide. Authorizes the |
PSM/LAB, FIN |
Decision
making to follow.
|
|
COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, March 22, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 1174 SD1 (SSCR941) |
RELATING TO INCARCERATED
PARENTS. Appropriates funds for the
expansion of incarcerated parent-child interaction programs, such as the
Strengthening Keiki of Incarcerated Parents Project, at state correctional
facilities and institutions servicing other offender populations. (SD1) |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 1112 SD1 (SSCR726) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the
department of public safety and the office of youth services for the
expansion of gender-responsive community based programs for women and
girls. (SD1) |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 1425 SD2 (SSCR960) |
RELATING TO CONTRACTOR
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS DURING A STATE OF Ensures an adequate supply of
licensed contractors is available to perform necessary repairs and
reconstruction work during a state of emergency or disaster. (SD2) |
PSM, CPC |
|
SB 1968 (SSCR140) |
RELATING TO THE Allows national guard
personnel on state active duty to deposit their paycheck by electronic
transfer to their personal banking accounts. |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 914 SD2 (SSCR789) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES OF COMMITTED PERSONS. Appropriates $ , for each year of the fiscal biennium to
the department of public safety to improve mental health services for
committed persons in |
PSM, FIN |
|
HCR 66 HR 46 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON SUPPLY OF
CONTRACTORS AND TRADESPERSONS IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTER TO STUDY THE
EXPEDITED LICENSING OR LICENSING EXEMPTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS AND
TRADESPERSONS. |
PSM, CPC |
|
HCR 115 HR 91 |
REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS TO SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD EMPOWERMENT ACT OF 2007. |
PSM |
|
HCR 180 |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO COMMEMORATE THE HONORABLE SERVICE OF THE
F-14 TOMCAT IN DEFENDING FREEDOM. |
PSM |
|
HCR 206 HR 164 |
REQUESTING CONGRESS TO REPEAL
OR AMEND THAT PORTION OF PUBLIC LAW NO. 109-364 THAT ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT TO
TAKE CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNOR AND
TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW. |
PSM, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision
making only (heard on February 15, 2007):
|
HCR 12 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF INCARCERATED
PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON THE MAINLAND. |
PSM |
|
Decision making only (heard on
March 15, 2007): |
||
|
SB 796 SD2 (SSCR1027) |
RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Authorizes general obligations
bonds to fund the installation of additional sirens to the state civil
defense warning system and allows the governor to order the release of up to
ten per cent of moneys appropriated from interest earnings in the emergency
and budget reserve fund to provide grants of emergency assistance for
uninsured damages after a natural disaster.
Appropriates funds for emergency supply caches, the state civil
defense major disaster fund, the non-declared disaster activation and
response, the state civil defense emergency supply program, and funds for
the Ethnic Education Foundation of Hawaii to assist them in disseminating
information in the event of a disaster.
(SD2) |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 798 SD3 (SSCR1014) |
RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Creates a one-time tax credit
for victims of the October 15, 2006 earthquakes. (SD3) |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 917 SD1 (SSCR947) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the
department of public safety to develop a plan by January 1, 2008, to return
all female |
PSM, FIN |
|
SB 781 SD2 (SSCR1021) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to plan a |
PSM, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, March 22, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
|
SB 992 SD1 (SSCR759) Proposed HD1 |
Proposed HD1: RELATING TO ENERGY. Clarifies the tax rate for
liquid fuels used for electric power generation. |
EEP, EDB |
Decision
making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on
March 20, 2007):
|
SB 1419 SD1 (SSCR695) |
RELATING TO GASOLINE PRICE
GOUGING. Protects consumers from price
gouging in the purchase of gasoline during periods of abnormal disruption of
the marketplace caused by extraordinary adverse circumstances. (SD1) |
EEP, CPC/JUD |