OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 22

20th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 15, 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

 

 

 

 

26

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COLLABORATE WITH THE ORGAN DONOR CENTER OF HAWAII TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF ORGAN DONATION IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.

 

HLT/EDN, FIN

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.

 

INT, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

 

 

 

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

44

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COLLABORATE WITH THE ORGAN DONOR CENTER OF HAWAII TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF ORGAN DONATION IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.

 

HLT/EDN, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILLS

 

 

 

Committee

H.B. NO.

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

687, HD1

RELATING TO CORPORATIONS.

Establishes a task force to determine how to provide for the establishment and incorporation of responsible companies that consider the public interest in doing business.  (HB687 HD1)

 

EDB, FIN

811

RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION.

Amends dependent adult protective services law by:  (1) deleting definition of "dependent adult"; (2) extending protections to persons between 18 and 74 years of age if they meet the definition of "vulnerable adult"; (3) adding definition of "elder" to extend protections to persons 75 years or older; (4) enabling the department of human services to investigate and the court to have jurisdiction when reason exists to believe that an elder or vulnerable adult has been abused or is threatened with imminent abuse; and (5) making conforming amendments for style, consistency, and clarity.

 

HSH, JUD, FIN

1228

RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.

Allows DHHL and the HFDC to begin projects without having the full and final amount of the capital costs on hand at the beginning of the project.

 

HSH, FIN

1719, HD1

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Extends the current general excise tax exemptions for condominium common expenses paid by managers and hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators, to include expenses paid by submanagers and suboperators and to include employee expenses in timeshare projects.  (HB1719 HD1)

 

TAC, FIN