OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 10

11TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 6, 2015

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

VMI -   Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

HR12

REQUESTING THE HAWAII ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION TO ASSEMBLE VARIOUS STATE AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES TO DETERMINE WHICH AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION SHOULD ADMINISTER FUNDING FOR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME.

 

HUS, JUD

HR13

REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE AIRLINE DEREGULATION ACT TO EXEMPT HAWAII FROM THE UNITED STATES' PREEMPTION OF STATE ECONOMIC REGULATION OF INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.

 

TRN, FIN

HCR30

REQUESTING THE HAWAII ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION TO ASSEMBLE VARIOUS STATE AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES TO DETERMINE WHICH AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION SHOULD ADMINISTER FUNDING FOR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME.

 

HUS, JUD

HCR31

REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE AIRLINE DEREGULATION ACT TO EXEMPT HAWAII FROM THE UNITED STATES' PREEMPTION OF STATE ECONOMIC REGULATION OF INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.

 

TRN, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB467, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires birthing facilities to perform a pulse oximetry test or other medically accepted screening on newborns to screen for critical congenital heart defects.  Requires birthing facilities to report certain critical congenital heart defect screening data to the Department of Health.  (HB467 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB895

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

Authorizes the procurement policy board to adopt rules addressing situations of less than three qualified persons for procurement of professional services.  Effective upon approval.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1240

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Allows counties that have adopted a 0.5% surcharge on the general excise tax to continue to levy the surcharge beyond 12/31/22 at a lower rate.  Allows counties that have not yet adopted a surcharge on the general excise tax to do so at the lower rate.  Surcharge to sunset on 12/31/2052.  Increases the general excise tax by 0.25% to provide a dedicated funding source for the department of education.  Requires that other funding sources for the department of education not drop below a minimum level.

 

FIN