OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

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NO. 8

9TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 3, 2016

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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

 

SB2032, SD1

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Clarifies:  (1) the due dates of preliminary, final, and supplemental reports to be submitted to the campaign spending commission; and (2) that the supplemental report due on January 31 must be filed every year.

 

JUD, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB1808

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Allows medical marijuana production centers to be greenhouses, shade houses, and open-air growing operations, provided that they are not visible from any thoroughfare.

 

HLT/JUD, FIN

HB1829

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Amends penalties pertaining to certain medical marijuana prohibitions.  Repeals certain medical marijuana prohibitions.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2246

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes a seven-year limit on tenants in state low-income housing projects.  Prohibits state low-income housing units from being passed along from one individual to another.  Requires unemployed tenants who live in state low-income housing to perform community service or enroll in classes.

 

HUS/HSG, JUD, FIN

HB2478

RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SECTION 1332 STATE INNOVATION WAIVER.

Authorizes the State to submit and implement a waiver from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. 

 

HLT/LAB, FIN

HB2699

RELATING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES.

Requires unaccredited institutions to post a bond along with their application for registration with the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

 

HED/CPC, FIN

HB2707

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Establishes the medical cannabis advisory commission.  Amends various definitions and provisions relating to medical marijuana dispensary operations, paraphernalia, and testing.  Provides that advanced practice registered nurses may certify patients for medical marijuana use.  Excludes dispensaries from enterprise zone tax exemptions.  Excludes medical marijuana from certain federal tax provisions.

 

HLT/JUD, FIN

HB2708

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Clarifies that qualifying patients and primary caregivers, and government officials and employees, shall not be subject to background checks to enter or remain on the premises of certain medical marijuana facilities for an authorized purpose.

 

HLT/JUD, FIN

HB2709

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Requires the department of health to issue a receipt that shall serve as a temporary registration certificate for the medical use of marijuana upon receipt of a written certification form completed by or on behalf of a qualifying patient.  Increases penalty for fraudulent misrepresentation to a law enforcement official relating to the issuance of a written certificate by a physician.

 

HLT/JUD, FIN

HB2757

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Allows dwelling units and housing facilities for the elderly on class D or E lands in the agricultural districts.

 

HSG, AGR, FIN