OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 11

12TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 8, 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

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB868

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires BOE to annually re-establish statewide performance standards, and the means to assess the standards, based upon multiple forms of assessment.

 

EDN, HLT/CPC, FIN

HB1705

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Allows proof of motor vehicle insurance to be displayed in electronic format on a mobile electronic device.

 

CPC, JUD

HB1983

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Authorizes that department of health to establish a cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection rebate program.  Disallows the tax credit for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds certain amounts.  Applies tax credit to all cesspools, regardless of location.  Provides that cesspools found to be illegal, as a result of an inspection conducted due to a person applying for a rebate or taxpayer claiming a credit, shall not be subject to penalty.

 

EEP/HLT, FIN

HB2555

RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

Authorizes the board of agriculture to allow persons to research, grow, and sell industrial hemp.  Requires licensure of persons to purchase unprocessed, harvested industrial hemp.  Makes an appropriation.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2639

RELATING TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.

Requires a wireless telecommunications service provider, upon request by a domestic abuse victim, to: (1) transfer billing authority and all rights to a wireless telephone number to the victim; or (2) remove or release the victim from a shared wireless plan and assign the victim a substitute telephone number without charge, penalty, or fee.  Provides that there is no cause of action against a wireless telecommunications service provider, its officers, employees, or agents for transferring billing authority and all rights to a wireless telephone number to a domestic abuse victim.

 

HUS, CPC