OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 16

16th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 09, 2007

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business Concerns

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSH -  Human Services & Housing

INT -    International Affairs

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PSM -   Public Safety & Military Affairs

TAC -  Tourism & Culture

TRN -  Transportation

WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs


 

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HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

 

 

 

Committee

H.R. NO.

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

22

URGING THE UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION TO PURSUE POLICIES DIRECTED AT ENDING THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE DARFUR REGION OF WESTERN SUDAN.

 

INT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILLS

 

 

 

Committee

S.B. NO.

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

139, SD1

RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX.

Clarifies that the cigarette tax money earmarked to fund the cancer research center of Hawaii, emergency medical services, trauma care, and community health centers shall be calculated on a per cigarette basis.  (SD1)

 

HLT, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILLS

 

 

 

Committee

H.B. NO.

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

116

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Creates a streamlined application process for wireless telecommunications facilities and encourages the placement of antennas on existing utility poles.

 

CPC, FIN

136

RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH.

Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program.

 

HED, FIN

316

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a limited liability partnership who has a distributional interest in the company or partnership of at least fifty percent, a partner of a partnership, and a sole proprietor from the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law.

 

LAB, FIN

454

RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE.

Appropriates funds for the pilot perinatal clinic within the UH medical school department of obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health to help women with a history of substance abuse.

 

HED, FIN

587

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for a faculty position in environmental health.

 

HED, FIN

810

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S LONG-TERM CARE RESOURCE PROGRAM TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE HAWAII'S ELDERCARE WORKFORCE.

Appropriates funds to Kapiolani community college to fund its long-term resource program to train a workforce to care for the State's elder population.

 

HED, FIN

1356, HD1

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH.

Increases the time limit for application for a higher education board allowance.  Increases the maximum age for the benefit from 21 years to 26 years with a maximum benefit length of 60 months.  (HB1356 HD1)

 

HSH, FIN

1531

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Makes appropriations to University of Hawaii campuses to implement nursing education workforce development.

 

HED, FIN

1547, HD1

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

Expands the Office of International Affairs.  Establishes a legislative protocol fund.  Brings the Second  International Symposium on Freeways and Tollways to Hawaii in 2009. Appropriates funds.  (HB1547 HD1)

 

INT, FIN