‘Aha Kenekoa ‘Aha‘ōlelo Iwakāluakumamāwalu

THE SENATE

OF THE

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

Moku‘āina ‘O Hawai‘i

STATE OF HAWAI'I

‘Ākoakoa Kūmau MH 2016

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

Lā Kanakolukumamāiwa

THIRTY-NINTH DAY

30 Malaki 2016 - Po‘akolu - Hola 11:30 A.M.

March 30, 2016-Wednesday-11:30 O'CLOCK A.M.

Papahana O Ka Lā

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Kāhea Papainoa

ROLL CALL

‘Āpono Mo‘olelo O Ka Puke Hālāwai

APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

Ho‘olauna Mea Kipa

INTRODUCTIONS

Ho‘olauna Ma Ka ‘Ākoakoa Nui

• FLOOR PRESENTATIONS:

CONGRATULATING AND RECOGNIZING DR. GEOFFREY BANNISTER, PRESIDENT OF HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO HPU AND THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I.  (Senator English)

HONORING AND RECOGNIZING THE HAWAII BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS’ 2016 YOUTH OF THE YEAR FINALISTS.  (Senator Inouye)

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike Mai Ke Kia‘āina

MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR: None

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike Mai Nā ‘Oihana

DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS: None

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike No Ka Hale

HOUSE COMMUNICATION Nos. 369-375

	Informing the Senate that on March 29, 2016, the House disagreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills:	REFERRAL
369	H.B. No. 1585, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP."(Uniform Probate Code; Guardianship; Adult; Rights; Communication)	FILE
	H.B. No. 1651, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES."(Elections; False Voter Information; Penalties)
	H.B. No. 1668, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO THE USE OF A DOG IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS."(Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Use of a Dog in Judicial Proceedings)
	H.B. No. 2403, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO THE MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD."(Medical Advisory Board; Composition)
	Informing the Senate that on March 29, 2016, the following House Concurrent Resolutions were adopted in the House:
370	H.C.R. No. 34, H.D. 1 "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF BOTH DECOMMISSIONING AND RELOCATING THE ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION IN HALAWA VALLEY."(Animal Quarantine; Department of Agriculture; Decommission)
371	H.C.R. No. 66, H.D. 1 "REQUESTING THE PREVENT SUICIDE HAWAII TASK FORCE TO RECOMMEND A STRATEGIC PLAN TO REDUCE SUICIDES IN HAWAII BY AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT BY 2025."(Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force; Suicide Reduction)
372	H.C.R. No. 127, H.D. 1 "REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF DECRIMINALIZING THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF DRUGS FOR PERSONAL USE IN HAWAII."(Decriminalization of Illegal Possession of Drugs for Personal Use; Study  (HCR127 HD1))
373	H.C.R. No. 130 "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO RENAME A SECTION OF KAPULE HIGHWAY IN THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I AS THE KAUA‘I VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY."(Kauai Veterans Memorial Highway)
374	H.C.R. No. 141 "RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS SEPSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN HAWAII, AND THE THIRTEENTH DAY IN SEPTEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS HAWAII SEPSIS DAY."(Sepsis Awareness Month; Hawaii Sepsis Day)
	Returning the following Senate Bill which passed Third Reading in the House on March 29, 2016, in an amended form:
375	S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND E-CIGARETTES ON HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PREMISES."(Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Electronic Smoking Devices; Tobacco Products; Prohibition)	AGREE/DISAGREE

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike No Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa

SENATE COMMUNICATIONS: None

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike Mai Ka ‘Ao‘ao Ho‘okolokolo

JUDICIARY COMMUNICATIONS: None

Palapala Hō‘ike Na Nā Kōmike Kūmau

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Nos. 3249-3253

3249 (One Day Notice)	(EET)	G.M. No. 637 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Director, Office of Environmental Quality Control, Gubernatorial Nominee, SCOTT GLENN, for a term to expire 06-30-2019." (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
3250 (One Day Notice)	(HMS/HOU)	S.C.R. No. 60 "REQUESTING THE REVISION OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SO THAT HOUSING SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM PAID DIRECTLY TO AN APPLICANT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CALCULATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM." (Recommends Adoption)
3251 (One Day Notice)	(HMS/HOU)	S.R. No. 32 "REQUESTING THE REVISION OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SO THAT HOUSING SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM PAID DIRECTLY TO AN APPLICANT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CALCULATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM." (Recommends Adoption)
3252 (One Day Notice)	(EDU/WLA)	S.R. No. 96, S.D. 1 "DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS "FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH" IN HAWAII TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S SCHOOLS." (Recommends Adoption)
3253 (One Day Notice)	(EDU/WLA)	S.C.R. No. 131, S.D. 1 "DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS "FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH" IN HAWAII TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S SCHOOLS." (Recommends Adoption)

Papahana O Ka Lā

ORDER OF THE DAY

DEFERRED MATTERS – AGREE / DISAGREE

HSE. COM. NO.		REFERRAL
363	S.B. No. 2312, S.D. 1, H.D. 1 "RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE."(Sexual Conduct; Promotion of Child Abuse; Obscenity)	AGREE/DISAGREE

A‘oa‘o A ‘Ae

ADVISE AND CONSENT

3194 Status & Testimony

PSM

G.M. No. 693 "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Corrections Population Management Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, EDMUND HYUN, for a term to expire 06-30-2017."

‘Ōlelo Ho‘oholo E Koho Pāloka ‘la

ADOPT RESOLUTIONS

3190 Prior Versions/Status & Testimony	WAM	S.C.R. No. 16 "AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT WAIKIKI, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL AND STEPS, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON."
3191 Prior Versions/Status & Testimony	EDU/HWN	S.C.R. No. 52 "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AND HAWAIIAN STUDIES."
3192 Prior Versions/Status & Testimony	EDU/HWN	S.R. No. 26 "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AND HAWAIIAN STUDIES."
3193 Prior Versions/Status & Testimony	PSM	S.C.R. No. 151 "REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AWARD A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL COLLECTIVELY TO FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II."

Heluhelu ‘Ekolu

THIRD READING

(See Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3142) Prior Versions/Status & Testimony

H.B. No. 2295, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 "RELATING TO THE AEROSPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE." - (PSM) (Aerospace Advisory Committee; Membership; Chair)

Ho‘ouna Kōmike Ho‘olohe A Ho‘ouna Hou Paha

REFERRALS AND RE-REFERRALS

Ho‘oka‘a‘ike ‘Ē A‘e

MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS: None

Hana ‘Ē A‘e

MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

Ho‘olaha

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Floor Presentation for Thursday, March 31, 2016:

CONGRATULATING THE WAI‘ANAE TIGERS JR. PEE WEE FOOTBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE HAWAI‘I STATE DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP AND PLACING THIRD IN THE 2015 POP WARNER NATIONAL SUPER BOWL.  (Senator Shimabukuro)

            Papamanawa Ho‘olohe Palapala

· Committee Hearing Schedule:

COMMITTEE	DATE & TIME	ROOM
WAM	3/31/2016 9:00 AM	211
WAM	3/31/2016 9:05 AM	211
WAM	3/31/2016 9:15 AM	211
JDL	3/31/2016 9:30 AM	016
CPH	4/1/2016 9:30 AM	229
JDL	4/1/2016 9:30 AM	016
CPH	4/1/2016 10:00 AM	229
CPH/JDL	4/1/2016 10:30 AM	016
WAM	4/1/2016 1:30 PM	211
CPH	4/4/2016 10:30 AM	229
WLA	4/4/2016 2:45 PM	224
WLA	4/4/2016 2:50 PM	224
WLA	4/4/2016 2:55 PM	224
WLA	4/4/2016 3:00 PM	224
WAM	4/5/2016 9:00 AM	211
EDU	4/6/2016 1:15 PM	229
TSI	4/6/2016 2:45 PM	225
HWN	4/18/2016 1:15 PM	016

• Senate Session will convene at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2016.

Ke Pani ‘Ana

ADJOURNMENT