THE SENATE

OF THE

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

STATE OF HAWAI'I

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY

March 24, 2008-Monday-11:30 O'CLOCK A.M.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Invocation by    The Honorable Gary L. Hooser

                        Hawaii State Senate

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

Introductions

• Floor Presentations:

            RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS BY TEACHERS.

            (Senator Sakamoto)

Commending and Congratulating Roosevelt High School's GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER Team on winning the 2008 Oahu interscholastic association WHITE Division ii championship.  (Senator Taniguchi)

1. Messages from the Governor: None
2. Departmental Communications: None
3. House Communications: None
4. Senate Communications: None
5. Judiciary Communications: None

6. Standing Committee Report Nos. 3157-3176

3157 (48 Hrs. Notice)	(JDL)	H.B. No. 1832, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3158 (48 Hrs. Notice)	(CPH)	H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3159 (48 Hrs. Notice)	(CPH/HSP)	H.B. No. 2662, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3160 (48 Hrs. Notice)	(TIA/IGM)	H.B. No. 2954, S.D. 1 "RELATED TO TOWING." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3161 (One Day Notice)	(JDL)	H.B. No. 2974, H.D. 2 "RELATING TO LABOR." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3162 (One Day Notice)	(JDL)	H.B. No. 2656 "RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3163 (One Day Notice)	(JDL)	H.B. No. 2391, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICE." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3164 (One Day Notice)	(CPH)	H.B. No. 3080, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO PROPERTY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3165 (One Day Notice)	(CPH)	H.B. No. 2169, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO HEALTH." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3166 (One Day Notice)	(HSP)	H.B. No. 2138, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO CAREGIVER RECOGNITION DAY." (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
3167 (One Day Notice)	(JDL/EDU)	S.C.R. No. 113 "REQUESTING THE EDUCATIONAL WORKFORCE WORKING GROUP TO CONTINUE ITS WORK TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED IN ITS 2007 REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE." (Recommends Adoption)
3168 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	S.C.R. No. 75 "REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF REMOVING ENROLLMENT CAPS AT CAMPUSES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM." (Recommends Adoption)
3169 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	S.C.R. No. 72, S.D. 1 "REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EXAMINE VARIOUS IMPACTS OF A LONGER SCHOOL DAY AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR ON KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS." (AMENDED TITLE) (Recommends Adoption)
3170 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	S.C.R. No. 74, S.D. 1 "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO REDUCE THE TRUANCY RATE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM." (Recommends Adoption)
3171 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	S.C.R. No. 84, S.D. 1 "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE HAWAII PUBLIC SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE TO DEVELOP NUTRITIONALLY-SOUND PUBLIC SCHOOL MENU PLANS THAT INCLUDE VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN MEALS." (Recommends Adoption)
3172 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 342 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Commission for National and Community Service, Gubernatorial Nominee, RYAN R. PERREIRA, for a term to expire 6-30-2011." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3172 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 343 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Commission for National and Community Service, Gubernatorial Nominee, CONCHITA D. STEWART, for a term to expire 6-30-2011." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3172 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 344 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Commission for National and Community Service, Gubernatorial Nominee, T. 'AULANI WILHELM, for a term to expire 6-30-2011." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3172 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 345 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Commission for National and Community Service, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARCIE  WONG, for a term to expire 6-30-2011." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3173 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 346 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, AGNES P. CADIZ, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3173 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 347 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, JOAN ANNE CRAFT, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3173 (One Day Notice)	(EDU)	G.M. No. 348 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, ROSE ANN M. POYZER RN, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3174 (One Day Notice)	(WTL)	G.M. No. 485 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, JOSEPH G. PICKARD, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3175 (One Day Notice)	(WTL)	G.M. No. 487 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Legacy Land Conservation Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, LORI LEIMAMO BUCHANAN, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3176 (One Day Notice)	(WTL)	G.M. No. 488 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Natural Area Reserve System Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, RICHARD FLINT HUGHES PHD, for a term to expire 6-30-2012." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)

ORDER OF THE DAY

7. Miscellaneous Communications: None
8. Miscellaneous Business
9. Announcements

• Floor Presentation for Tuesday, March 25, 2008:

            RECOGNIZING, COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING ROSE PAMATIGAN AND IRENE NOMURA, FOUNDERS OF HUG ME BEARS ON THEIR 10th ANNIVERSARY OF LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICE.  (Senator Nishihara)

· Committee Hearing Schedule:

COMMITTEE	DATE & TIME	ROOM
IGM	3/24/2008 1:00 PM	229
EDU	3/24/2008 1:15 PM	225
EDU/HSP	3/24/2008 1:15 PM	225
EDU/HTH	3/24/2008 1:15 PM	225
EDU/IGM	3/24/2008 1:15 PM	225
ENE/IGM	3/24/2008 1:15 PM	229
AHW	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	229
AHW/ENE	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	229
AHW/IGM	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	229
ENE/AHW	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	229
HSP/HTH	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	016
HTH	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	016
HTH/HSP	3/24/2008 1:30 PM	016
HTH/CPH	3/24/2008 1:45 PM	016
HTH/EDT	3/24/2008 1:45 PM	016
HSP/IGM	3/24/2008 2:00 PM	229
IGM/HSP	3/24/2008 2:00 PM	229
TIA	3/24/2008 2:00 PM	224
TIA/WTL	3/24/2008 2:00 PM	224
WTL	3/24/2008 2:45 PM	414
CPH	3/25/2008 9:00 AM	229
JDL	3/25/2008 9:30 AM	016
JDL	3/25/2008 9:45 AM	016
EDT	3/25/2008 12:30 PM	224
TSG	3/25/2008 1:00 PM	229
EDT	3/25/2008 1:15 PM	224
TSG	3/25/2008 1:15 PM	229
HSP	3/25/2008 4:30 PM	016
WAM	3/27/2008 9:30 AM	211
EDT	3/27/2008 1:15 PM	224
AHW/ENE	3/27/2008 2:45 PM	414
ENE/AHW	3/27/2008 2:45 PM	414
ENE/TIA	3/27/2008 2:45 PM	414
HTH	3/28/2008 1:15 PM	016
HTH/EDU	3/28/2008 1:15 PM	016
AHW	4/1/2008 2:45 PM	224
AHW	4/3/2008 2:45 PM	224
PBS-PSM	4/5/2008 9:00 AM	225

• Senate Session will convene at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2008.

• Joint Session will convene at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, in the House Chamber for the Hawai‘i Medal of Honor Ceremony.  Please report to the House Chamber no later than 1:45 p.m.

10. Adjournment