OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

_______________________________________________________________________________________

NO. 21

19^th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 14, 2007

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________________________

		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			RE-REFERRAL
1, HD1	RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Establishes comprehensive offender reentry system to assist adult offenders with preparing for release and reintegration back into the community.  Appropriates funds.  (HB1 HD1		PSM/LAB, FIN
1453, HD1	RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. Requires persons proposing to engage in testing, propagating, cultivating, and growing GMOs to notify DOH and obtain a certification of approval from DOH.  Includes liability provisions for injury or damage resulting from such activity.  (HB1453 HD1)		HLT, CPC
1756	RELATING TO COUNTY CONCESSIONS. Provides and exemption to nonprofit corporations from the fifteen year limit on the grant of county concessions or concession space.		FIN