HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

STATE OF HAWAII

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION, 2015

 

 

March 19, 2015

 

 

31st Day

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

 

Invocation -

Representative Dee Morikawa

 

1.         Roll Call

 

2.         Reading of the Journal

 

 

Days 10 to 19.

 

3.         Messages from the Governor

 

4.         Senate Communications

 

ORDER OF THE DAY

 

 

5.         Floor Presentations

 

 

H.R. No. 163

CONGRATULATING EDWARD OSHIRO AS THE 2015 MASAYUKI TOKIOKA EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER, JASON DETTWEILER-PAVIA AS THE 2014 HAWAII VOYA UNSUNG HEROES AWARD WINNER, JANA FUKADA AS THE 2014 MILKEN EDUCATOR, RYAN KAGAMI AS THE 2014 MILKEN EDUCATOR TEACHER OF PROMISE, BARON BAROZA AS THE 2014 LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR, AND DON RAMOS AS THE 2014 LIBRARIAN EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AWARD WINNER.

 


 

 

6.         Reports of Standing Committees

 

            LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 922

S.B. No. 133, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

(Employees' Retirement System; Retirement Benefits; Felony Convictions; Forfeiture)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY                                            

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 923

S.B. No. 1011, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

(Collective Bargaining; EUTF)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY                                            

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 924

S.B. No. 1346, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

(Teacher Tenure; Department of Education)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO EDUCATION                                          

 

            VETERANS, MILITARY, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, & CULTURE AND THE ARTS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 925

S.B. No. 343, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO VETERANS.

(State Vehicle Registration Fee; Veterans; Exemption; Report)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO TRANSPORTATION                             

 

            VETERANS, MILITARY, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, & CULTURE AND THE ARTS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 926

S.B. No. 1177, S.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

(State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Appropriation)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                     

 

            HUMAN SERVICES

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 927

S.B. No. 64, S.D. 3

 

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

(School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO EDUCATION                                                               

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 928

S.B. No. 980, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.

(Afterschool Programs; Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health Program; R.E.A.C.H.; Special Fund)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO EDUCATION                                          

 

            EDUCATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 929

S.B. No. 854, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.

(Public School Lands)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO WATER & LAND                                    

 

            EDUCATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 930

S.B. No. 1098, S.D. 1

 

RELATING TO LIBRARIES.

(Hawaii State Public Library System; State Librarian)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                     

 

            HOUSING

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 931

S.B. No. 971, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TAXATION.

(General Excise Tax Exemptions for Certified or Approved Housing Projects)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 932

S.B. No. 477, S.D. 2

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

(Keiki Caucus; Public Housing; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Appropriation; GO Bond)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 933

S.B. No. 975, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

(Rental Housing Trust Fund; Preference; Federal LIHTC)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                

 

            JUDICIARY

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 934

S.B. No. 779

 

RELATING TO COURTS.

(District Courts; Civil Actions; Jurisdiction; Specific Performance)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                     

 

            HOUSING

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 935

S.B. No. 974, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

(Rental Housing Trust Fund; Mixed-use Rental Projects)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO WATER & LAND                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 936

S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

(Civil Service Exemption; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Public Housing Renovations)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT    

 

            HUMAN SERVICES

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 937

H.R. No. 14

 

REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE COMMISSION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE BY A PARENT, TO ASSESS THE USE AND APPLICATION OF SECTION 571-46, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

 

REFER TO JUDICIARY                                            

 

            HUMAN SERVICES

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 938

H.C.R. No. 37

 

REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE COMMISSION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE BY A PARENT, TO ASSESS THE USE AND APPLICATION OF SECTION 571-46, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

 

REFER TO JUDICIARY                                            

 

            HOUSING

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 939

H.C.R. No. 17, H.D. 1

 

APPROVING THE SALE OF THE LEASED FEE INTEREST IN 41-665 INOAOLE STREET, WAIMANALO, HAWAII.

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                   

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 940

H.C.R. No. 18

 

APPROVING THE SALE OF THE LEASED FEE INTEREST IN 41-575 INOAOLE STREET, WAIMANALO, HAWAII.

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 941

H.C.R. No. 19

 

APPROVING THE SALE OF THE LEASED FEE INTEREST IN 41-543 INOA STREET, WAIMANALO, HAWAII.

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 942

H.C.R. No. 20, H.D. 1

 

APPROVING THE SALE OF THE LEASED FEE INTEREST IN 94-944 MEHEULA PARKWAY, NO. 153, MILILANI, HAWAII.

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                   

 

            HOUSING

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 943

H.C.R. No. 21

 

APPROVING THE SALE OF THE LEASED FEE INTEREST IN 95-015 KUAHELANI AVENUE, NO. 319, MILILANI, HAWAII.

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                

 

            HUMAN SERVICES

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 944

H.C.R. No. 14

 

RECOGNIZING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AND DESIGNATING MAY AS "OLDER AMERICANS MONTH" IN HAWAII.

 

FOR ADOPTION                                                         

 

 

 

7.         Announcements

 

 

Committee Referral Sheet No. 34

 

Floor Presentations for Friday, March 20, 2015:

 

CONGRATULATING DUWAYNE ABE AS HAWAII'S 2014 NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL, KEITH HAYASHI AS HAWAII'S 2015 HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, ELYNNE CHUNG AS HAWAII'S 2015 MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, JACQUE SHANER AS HAWAII'S 2015 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, AND ERNEST BROWN DESILVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HALEIWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND RED HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS 2014 HAWAII BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS.

 

CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE HAWAII: NEXT 50 CONTEST.