OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-SIXTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 21

14th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

CUA -  Culture & the Arts

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

ERB -   Economic Revitalization & Business

FIN -    Finance

HAW - Hawaiian Affairs

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -   Housing

HUS -  Human Services

INT -    International Affairs

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBM -  Public Safety & Military Affairs

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB2228, HD1

RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE.

Requires an employer with twenty or more employees to make reasonable efforts to provide a clean location for breastfeeding employees to express breast milk in privacy.  Requires covered employers to post a notice pertaining to this provision in a conspicuous location.  Establishes a civil fine of $50 for the failure of an employer to provide a location or post notice. (HB2228 HD1)

 

LAB, JUD

HB2300, HD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Requires an unspecified amount of the State's annual share of the revenues from the public land trust to be annually appropriated to DHHL.  Effective July 1, 2012.  (HB2300 HD1)

 

HAW, FIN

HB2612

RELATING TO AIRPORT REVENUE.

Amends Sections 261-7 and 171-59 Hawaii Revised Statutes to provide more flexibility in renting land and facilities at airports for revenue generation purposes.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2788

RELATING TO GAMING.

Grants twenty-year license for one stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel.  Establishes Hawaii Gaming Control Commission.  Imposes fifteen per cent wagering tax on gross receipts.  Creates State Gaming Fund and Compulsive Gambler Program.  Effective July 1, 2012.

 

TOU, FIN