HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATE OF HAWAII
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION, 2009
February 19, 2009
19th Day
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Invocation - Reverend Shuji Komagata
Aiea Soto Mission
1. Roll Call
2. Reading of the Journal
3. Messages from the Governor
Received message number 250 informing the House that H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, was signed into law on February 18, 2009, as Act 1.
4. Senate Communications
ORDER OF THE DAY
5. Reports of Standing Committees
Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. (Utilities; Receivership)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. (Insurance; Insurance Licensing; Background Check; Fingerprinting; Criminal Database)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. (Insurance Producers; Surplus Lines Brokers; Retaliatory Tax Credit; Limited Lines Adjuster License; Continuing Education Credits)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Transportation
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (Highways; Counties)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. (Statewide Traffic Code)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Transportation
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (Transportation; Electric Bicycle; Bicycle)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO YOSCOOTERS. (Yoscooter; Limits on Operation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. (Motor Vehicle Rental Industry; Interisland Ferry)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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Transportation/Labor & Public Employment
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RELATING TO TELEWORK. (Telework; Task Force; DBEDT; Appropriation)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Housing/Water, Land, & Ocean Resources
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. (Counties; Dedication)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Transportation |
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Housing/Water, Land, & Ocean Resources
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. (Affordable Housing; Fees; Incentives)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Labor & Public Employment
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. (Workers' Compensation; Medical Treatment)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Public Safety
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION. (Community-based Reintegration Program)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PAROLE. (Earned-Time; Parole; Early Parole Eligibility)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. (Public Safety; Prisons; Residential Drug Abuse Program Reentry)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Public Safety
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. (Inmate Rehabilitation; Reentry System; Performance Indicators)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND DISASTER SHELTER IN HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY ESTATES, HAWAII. (Hawaiian Ocean View Estates; Community and Disaster Center)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. (Medical Marijuana)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO SENTENCING. (Sentencing; Habitual Violent Offenders)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. (Procurement; Protests)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. (Procurement; GSA)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. (Procurement; Audit; Comptroller)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. (Procurement; GSA)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. (Procurement; Bid Ceiling Limit)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
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RELATING TO VETERANS SERVICES. (Veterans Services; Liquor Taxation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. (General Excise Tax; Definition of Engaging in Business)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. (Tax Credit; Medical Technology)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. (Veterans' Funerals; Protests)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS. (Home Occupation; Counties)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Housing/Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. (Small Business Innovation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SHARED SERVICES TECHNOLOGY. (Shared Services Technology; Special Fund)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (Community-Based Economic Development; Technical Adjustments)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. (Taxation; Out-of-State Business; Nexus Standard)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Water, Land, & Ocean Resources
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION. (Thrill Craft; Maunalua Bay)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO REMNANT LANDS. (Public Lands; Remnants)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS. (Interim Coastal Construction Moratorium.)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. (State Living Parks; Living Park Planning Council)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO FISHING. (Ocean Resources; Fishing Rules)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Water, Land, & Ocean Resources
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. (Taxation; Leasehold Improvements)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO WEST OAHU. (Ewa Development Plan; Review)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Water, Land, & Ocean Resources/Agriculture
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. (Soil and Water Conservation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. (Agricultural District; Permitted Uses)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Education |
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Housing
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. (Public Housing.)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Housing
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. (Affordable Housing Projects; Fiscal Stimulus)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. (Landlord Tenant; Mortgage Foreclosures; Tenant Notification)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. (Affordable Housing; Sale Restriction)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS. (Mortgage Brokers)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary
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RELATING TO ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. (Energy; Emergency Preparedness)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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Judiciary
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RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT. (Drug Court; Secure Treatment Facilities)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO PERMANENCY HEARINGS. (Permanency Hearings)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. (University of Hawaii; Mauna Kea)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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Judiciary
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A TAX REFUND OR TAX CREDIT BE PROVIDED TO TAXPAYERS WHENEVER THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AT THE CLOSE OF TWO SUCCESSIVE FISCAL YEARS EXCEEDS FIVE PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR EACH OF THE TWO FISCAL YEARS. (Con Am; Mandatory Tax Refund/Rebate)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO LAND COURT. (Land Court; Counties; Recorded Instruments)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Human Services
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RELATING TO MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. (Child Abuse and Neglect; Family Members; Mandated Reporting)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE. (General Assistance)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Human Services/Health
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RELATING TO HEALTH. (Medicaid; Long-Term Care Reimbursements; Appropriation)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. (Chiropractic Care; Med-Quest; Medicaid)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. (Appropriation; Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. (Medicaid; QUEST; Department of Human Services (DHS); Positive Enrollment; Request for Proposals)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Human Services/Hawaiian Affairs
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. (Child Welfare Services; Foster Care; Hanai)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Health
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. (Medical Torts; Damages; Notification of Patients; Physician Profiles; Task Force)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO LABELING OF MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS. (Fish; Meat; Labeling)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary |
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Health/Public safety
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RELATING TO MOBILE MEDICAL CARE. (Mobile Medical Van; Vog Health Care)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Health/Human Services
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RELATING TO HEALTH. (Respite Services; Appropriation)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO SENIOR CENTERS. (Kupuna Caucus; Senior Centers; Department of Health; Appropriation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. (Tobacco Products; General Excise Tax; Cancer Screening Special Fund; Healthy Start Special Fund)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. (Health Care; Out-of-State Transfer; Notification; Developmental Disabilities; Long-term Care)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Transportation
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RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF MINORS FROM THE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. (Safety; All-terrain vehicles; minors; prohibited)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVOCATION. (Administrative Revocation; DUII; Driver License)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Housing
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. (Criminal Trespass; Public Housing Project)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Legislative Management
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AUDITOR. (Auditor; Department of Human Services)
REFER TO Finance |
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Health/Education
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS. (Health; Environment; Cleaning Products)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Health
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RELATING TO MEDICAL ENTERPRISE ZONES. (Medical Enterprise Zones; Pilot Project in West Maui)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. (Children; Toxic Substances; Bisphenol-A, Phthalates)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL PHYSICIANS. (Emergency Room Physicians; Good Samaritan)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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Health
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. (Medical Torts; Medical Claim Conciliation Panel)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. (Tobacco; Minors)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION PANEL. (Medical Claim Conciliation Panel)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Judiciary |
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. (Dentistry)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary |
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RELATING TO DENTAL CARE. (Dental Plans; Dual Coverage)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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Health
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. (Dentistry)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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RELATING TO TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CIGARETTES. (Tobacco Products Tax Increase; Community Health Centers Special Fund)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE. (Children's Health Care Program; Appropriations)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE. (Health Information Exchange)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Judiciary
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RELATING TO CRIME. (Crime; Minors Tried as Adults)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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Judiciary
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. (Sexual Assault; Emergency Contraception)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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Energy & Environmental Protection
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RELATING TO HEALTH. (Sanitation)
REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. (Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program)
REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HONOLULU SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING, LLC PROJECTS ON OAHU. (SPRBs; Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC; Extension)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Energy & Environmental Protection
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ONE PLANET PACIFIC ENERGY, LLC, A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. (Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; One Planet Pacific Energy, LLC)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. (Taxation; Ethanol Facility Tax Credit)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Energy & Environmental Protection/Agriculture
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. (Electric Utilities; Renewable Electrical Energy; Renewable Portfolio Standards)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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Hawaiian Affairs
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. (OHA Budget)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Consumer Protection & Commerce
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RELATING TO PAYDAY LENDING. (Check Cashing; Payday Lending Businesses)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. (General Excise Tax; Annual Exemption; School Supplies and Computers)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO KAUAI VETERANS CEMETERY. (Kauai Veterans Cemetery; Appropriation)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS. (Veterans Cemetery; Filipino Veterans)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. (Procurement; Bid Protest; Inadvertent Errors; Administrative Proceedings)
AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
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RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. (Mass Transit Route Economic Zone Task Force)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO ARMED SERVICES. (Disabled Veterans; Exemption from Vehicle Taxes and Fees)
AS AMENDED, REFER TO Finance |
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Public Safety
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. (Public Safety; Corrections; Inmate Transfers)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTES. (Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes; Certification; Revolving Fund)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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Public Safety
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RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER RESERVE TRUST FUND. (Major Disaster Reserve Trust Fund)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. (Homeland Security)
PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO Finance |
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6. Introduction of Resolutions
7. Announcements
Committee Referral Sheet No. 18