OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 27
24th LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 1, 2007
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business Concerns |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSH - Human Services & Housing |
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INT - International Affairs |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs |
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TAC - Tourism & Culture |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs |
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SENATE BILLS |
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S.B. NO. |
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REFERRAL
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68, SD1 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes safety and evacuation criteria for assisted living facilities that accept individuals with an impairment that prevents the resident from safely evacuating with minimal assistance. Requires that the assisted living facility implement the criteria by July 1, 2008. (SD1)
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HLT/HSH, CPC |
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948, SD1 |
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NOMINEES FOR JUDICIAL VACANCIES. Reduces the number of nominees presented to the governor and chief justice for various judicial vacancies from four to six nominees to three nominees.
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JUD, FIN |
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1147, SD1 |
RELATING TO TEACHING LICENSURE. Establishes the exceptional teacher license recognition committee to review teaching licensure standards to ensure outstanding teachers from outside the State receive a Hawaii teaching license. (SD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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1665 |
RELATING TO ANIMALS. Creates a new offense of aggravated cruelty to pet animals. Provides penalties.
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JUD |
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1954, SD1 |
RELATING TO JUSTICES AND JUDGES. Requires public disclosure of disciplinary sanctions imposed on any justice or judge of the State of Hawaii along with the finding and recommendations by the Commission on Judicial Conduct``
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JUD |
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1957, SD1 |
RELATING TO CODE OF ETHICS. Requires public disclosure of financial interest of members of specified boards and commissions. (SD1)
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JUD |
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HOUSE BILLS |
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RE-REFERRAL
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840 |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. Expands the renewable energy technologies tax credit to include fuel cell systems.
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FIN |
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1244 |
RELATING TO THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. Provides the authority for the CSEA to impose an annual $25.00 fee against an absent parent in those cases where no public assistance has been paid to the custodial parent and collection for the case exceeds $500.00.
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HSH, FIN |
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1358, HD1 |
RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Clarifies the purpose of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities. (HB1358 HD1)
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HSH |
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SENATE BILLS |
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RE-REFERRAL
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958, SD1 |
RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. Provides a 10-year moratorium on developing, testing, propagating, cultivating, growing, and raising genetically engineered taro. (SD1)
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EEP, AGR |
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