HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

STATE OF HAWAII

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION, 2009

 

 

February 25, 2009

 

 

23rd Day

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

 

Invocation -   Mr. Pono Shinn

                       

 

1.         Roll Call

 

2.         Reading of the Journal

 

3.         Messages from the Governor

 

4.         Senate Communications

 

 

ORDER OF THE DAY

 

 

5.         Floor Presentations

                       

H.R. No. 70            RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING KAPOLEI HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND THEIR COACHES FOR CLAIMING THE 2008 OIA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL WHITE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.

 

 

H.R. No. 71            PROCLAIMING 2009 AS THE YEAR OF THE ARMY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

 


 

6.         Unfinished Business

 

            Judiciary

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 627

H.B. No. 539, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

(Elections; Campaign Contributions)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, PLACE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THIRD READING                                                                     

 

 

 

 

7.         Reports of Standing Committees

 

            Human Services

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 630

H.R. No. 35

 

DECLARING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 631

H.C.R. No. 44

 

DECLARING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 632

H.R. No. 37

 

URGING CONGRESS TO PROTECT FUNDING AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS, LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

            Human Services

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 633

H.C.R. No. 46

 

URGING CONGRESS TO PROTECT FUNDING AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS, LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 634

H.R. No. 32, H.D. 1

 

RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

 

AS AMENDED, FOR ADOPTION                            

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 635

H.C.R. No. 38, H.D. 1

 

RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

 

AS AMENDED, FOR ADOPTION                            

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 636

H.R. No. 9

 

URGING FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK AND COOPERATE TO SUPPORT FOSTER FAMILIES IN HAWAII.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 637

H.C.R. No. 5

 

URGING FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK AND COOPERATE TO SUPPORT FOSTER FAMILIES IN HAWAII.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

            Human Services

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 638

H.R. No. 29

 

SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGNS TO END MEN'S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION IN HAWAII.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 639

H.C.R. No. 32

 

SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGNS TO END MEN'S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION IN HAWAII.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 640

H.R. No. 33

 

RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS "FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH", A TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF FOSTER CARE, INCLUDING FOSTER PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 641

H.C.R. No. 39

 

RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS "FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH", A TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF FOSTER CARE, INCLUDING FOSTER PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

            Human Services

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 642

H.R. No. 31

 

REQUESTING RELIGIOUS AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE AS SAFE HAVENS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

 

REFER TO Judiciary                                            

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 643

H.C.R. No. 37

 

REQUESTING RELIGIOUS AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE AS SAFE HAVENS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

 

REFER TO Judiciary                                            

 

            Finance

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 644

H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TAXATION.

(Cigarette Tax Increase)

 

AS AMENDED, RECOMMIT TO Finance           

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 645

H.B. No. 1184, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.

(Procurement, employment, and ARRA funds)

 

AS AMENDED, RECOMMIT TO Finance           

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 646

H.B. No. 1185, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

(Transient Accommodations Tax; Recreational Renaissance Program)

 

AS AMENDED, RECOMMIT TO Finance           

 

            Energy & Environmental Protection/Housing

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 647

H.B. No. 1273, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO ENERGY.

(Solar Energy; Clotheslines)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, PLACE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THIRD READING                                                                     

 

            Consumer Protection & Commerce

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 648

H.B. No. 365, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

(Contractors; Exemptions)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, PLACE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THIRD READING                                                                                                                                                             

 

 

 

 

8.         Third Reading

 

            Consumer Protection & Commerce

 

 

H.B. No. 1639

 

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

(Condominium Property Regimes; Common Expense Assessments)

 

(Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 624)

 

PASS THIRD READING                                           

 

 

 

 

            Consumer Protection & Commerce/Judiciary

 

 

H.B. No. 1475

 

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

(Public Utilities Commission; Proceedings; Public Notification; Intervention; Website)

 

(Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 628)

 

PASS THIRD READING                                           

 

            Water, Land, & Ocean Resources

 

 

H.B. No. 595

 

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

(World Ocean Day)

 

(Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 629)

 

PASS THIRD READING                                           

 

 

 

 

9.         Introduction of Resolutions

 

                        H.R. Nos. 67 to 69

                        H.C.R. Nos. 86 to 89

 

 

10.       Announcements

 

Committee Referral Sheet No. 22

 

House will be in recess from Thursday, February 26, 2009 through

Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

 

House will convene at 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 5, 2009.