OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 9

8th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 29, 2008

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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 BILLS

 

 

 

Committee

H.B. NO.

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

2285

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

Requires electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order.

 

PSM, JUD, FIN

2302

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Permits the registrar of the bureau of conveyances to accept electronic documents with electronic signatures for recording.  Requires the judiciary to study what effect electronic recording may have on the adjudication of land court applications, determine permissible uses for electronic recording, and report its findings to the legislature prior to 2009 regular session.

 

WLH, CPC/JUD, FIN

2354

RELATING TO INDEMNITY.

Provides that the State indemnifies the owner of an irrigation system, dam, or reservoir for tort liability under certain conditions.

 

WLH/AGR, JUD, FIN

2424

RELATING TO EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES.

Adopts the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, which limits the civil liability of volunteer health practitioners providing health or veterinary services during an emergency.

 

HLT/PSM, JUD, FIN

2558

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Authorizes department of human services to conduct unannounced visits to inspect a parental home within 3 to 6 months of the return of a child against whom a household member of the parental home has committed a misdemeanor or felony offense relating to child abuse or neglect or has been adjudicated of conduct that would constitute such an offense.

 

HSH, JUD, FIN

3026

RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN.

Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

 

EDN/PSM, JUD, FIN

3226

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the submission of candidates' names for the regents candidate advisory council within sixty days following the notification of a vacancy.  Clarifies the requirement of the submission of the names of the candidates to the governor.  Makes confidential all information received or maintained by the regents candidate advisory council.  Requires candidates to reside in the geographic area which the candidate represents.  Appropriates funds for an administrative position to support regents candidate advisory council operations.  Requires the governor to notify the regents candidate advisory council of vacancies on the board of regents in a timely manner.

 

HED, JUD, FIN

3350

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 30th Representative District.

 

FIN