OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 19

20th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 20, 2009

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EBM -  Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HAW - Hawaiian Affairs

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBS -   Public Safety

TCI -    Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs

TRN -  Transportation

WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HR53

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO INSTALL SIGNS IN THE STATE CAPITOL IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND HAWAIIAN LANGUAGES.

 

HAW, FIN

HR54

RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.

 

HUS, JUD

HR55

            WHEREAS, RECOGNIZING MARCH AS ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME AND ADULT FOSTER HOME OPERATORS MONTH.

 

HUS/HLT

HR56

RECOGNIZING JANUARY 20TH OF EVERY YEAR AS BARACK OBAMA II OHANA DAY.

 

TCI

HR57

REQUESTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS LIFT THE CEILINGS ON NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, CREATE SEPARATE NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT CEILINGS FOR MAINLAND AND FOREIGN STUDENTS.

 

HED, FIN

HR58

REQUESTING HAWAII AMERICAN WATER COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT AN ODOR MITIGATION PLAN FOR ITS FACILITY IN HAWAII KAI.

 

EEP, CPC

HR59

REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS FOLLOWING CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT PLANS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD.

 

WLO

HR60

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY TO STUDY MASSAGE THERAPY LICENSURE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES OF OTHER STATES AND WHETHER HAWAII'S LAWS PREVENT QUALIFIED MASSAGE THERAPISTS EDUCATED AND TRAINED IN ANOTHER STATE FROM PRACTICING IN HAWAII.

 

HLT, CPC, LMG

HR61

REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ISSUE A STAMP HONORING PRINCE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE.

 

HAW

HCR67

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO INSTALL SIGNS IN THE STATE CAPITOL IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND HAWAIIAN LANGUAGES.

 

HAW, FIN

HCR68

RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.

 

HUS, JUD

HCR69

            WHEREAS, RECOGNIZING MARCH AS ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME AND ADULT FOSTER HOME OPERATORS MONTH.

 

HUS/HLT

HCR70

RECOGNIZING JANUARY 20TH OF EVERY YEAR AS BARACK OBAMA II OHANA DAY.

 

TCI

HCR71

REQUESTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS LIFT THE CEILINGS ON NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, CREATE SEPARATE NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT CEILINGS FOR MAINLAND AND FOREIGN STUDENTS.

 

HED, FIN

HCR72

REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS TO CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HAWAII RESIDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD.

 

HED/TCI, FIN

HCR73

ENCOURAGING THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY TO EXTEND ITS ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE HOME PROGRAM.

 

EEP, CPC

HCR74

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY TO STUDY MASSAGE THERAPY LICENSURE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES OF OTHER STATES AND WHETHER HAWAII'S LAWS PREVENT QUALIFIED MASSAGE THERAPISTS EDUCATED AND TRAINED IN ANOTHER STATE FROM PRACTICING IN HAWAII.

 

HLT, CPC, LMG

HCR75

REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ISSUE A STAMP HONORING PRINCE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE.

 

HAW

SB1, SD1

RELATING TO OPIHI.

Establishes a five year moratorium on the harvesting of opihi on Oahu.  Establishes a ban on taking or harvesting opihi statewide, subject to open and closed seasons and the traditional rights of certain ahupuaa tenants.  (SD1)

 

WLO, JUD

SB64

RELATING TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD.

Authorizes the labor and industrial relations appeals board (appeal board) to utilize a hearings officer and allow that hearings officer to hold a hearing, in order for the appeal board to expedite hearings on certain workers' compensation matters.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

SB92

RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.

Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

 

JUD

SB119

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT.

Enacts Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act and in so doing, replaces and updates similar law codified as chapter 658C, HRS.  Updates former law by, among other things, allocating burden of proof with respect to application of law, setting out procedure for obtaining recognition of foreign country money judgments, expanding grounds for denying recognition and allocating burden of proof to do so.  Establishes statute of limitations.

 

JUD, FIN

SB120, SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT.

Adopts the Uniform Mediation Act.  Provides certain rules for mediations.  Establishes a privilege that assures confidentiality of mediations in legal proceedings.  Protects integrity and knowing consent through provisions that provide exceptions to the privilege, limit disclosures by the mediator to judges and others who may rule on the case, requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interest, and assures that parties may bring a lawyer or other support person to the mediation session.  (SD1)

 

JUD, FIN

SB153, SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Requires state and county agencies to ensure that a public right-of-way is available prior to the approval of any development project, subdivision, or zoning change.  (SD1)

 

WLO/HSG, EBM, FIN

SB264

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Makes technical amendment to tourism law regarding development of measures of effectiveness.

 

TCI

SB468, SD1

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires affected agencies to account for sea level rise and minimize risks from coastal hazards such as erosion, storm inundation, hurricanes, and tsunamis.  Preserves public access and public shoreline access.  Extends shoreline setback to not less than forty feet from shoreline and requires counties to account for annual erosion rates.  (SD1)

 

WLO, JUD

SB711, SD1

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transit purposes on public roadways.  (SD1)

 

TRN, JUD

SB718, SD1

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the department of transportation and the county transportation departments to seek to reasonably accommodate access and mobility for all users of highways, roads, and streets, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all abilities.  Establishes a temporary task force to review certain specified traffic policies and guidelines.  Report to legislature in 2010 and 2011.  (SD1)

 

TRN, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB640

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Excludes the installation and development of infrastructure and utilities within a public right-of-way or highway as the use of state or county lands for purposes of requiring an environmental assessment.

 

EEP/WLO

HB794

RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.

Requires the department of health, in collaboration with the department of agriculture, department of education, and Hawaii school food service, to develop nutritionally-sound public school menu plans that give students the option of a vegetarian school lunch meal.

 

HLT, FIN

HB813

RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Designates the month of September as "language access month" to promote awareness of language access for government services and to emphasize the importance of and the need for language access in Hawaii.

 

TCI

HB952

RELATING TO LABOR.

Certifies entities as exclusive representatives absent an election where no other representatives are certified as the exclusive bargaining representatives.  Requires immediate collective bargaining between parties once entities are certified as exclusive representatives.

 

LAB, FIN

HB979

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Untilizes certain special funds to support invasive species control and mitigation and to promote reforestation and sediment run-off mitigation.

 

FIN

HB1665

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS.

Prohibits the sale of public lands on which government-owned Hawaiian fishponds are located.

 

HAW, FIN

HB1692, HD1

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Restricts state low-income housing leases in certain cases, to no more than 5 years.  (HB1692 HD1)

 

HSG, FIN