OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 21

21ST LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 23, 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

 

SB2107

RELATING TO PEN REGISTERS.

Amends the definition of "pen register" to include cell phones and other communications devices among those that the numbers transmitted to and from may be recorded.

 

CPC, JUD

SB2585, SD1

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Clarifies when pedestrians may enter a crosswalk equipped with a countdown timer.  (SD1)

 

TRN

SB2647, SD1

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Prohibits the sale, offering to sell, purchase, trade, or barter of any part or product from various animal and marine species.  Provides exceptions to this prohibition, including for traditional cultural practices protected under the state constitution.  Imposes penalties for violations of the prohibition on trafficking animal parts and products.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

WAL, JUD

HR11

REQUESTING THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRANTING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS.

 

EDN

HR12

URGING THE JUDICIARY TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING DWI COURT PROGRAMS IN KONA AND HILO ON HAWAII ISLAND.

 

JUD, FIN

HCR42

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO DOCUMENT AND COLLECT DATA IDENTIFYING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND REGULATORY CONSEQUENCES OF CROP DEGRADATION CAUSED BY INVASIVE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN HAWAII.

 

AGR, WAL

HCR43

REQUESTING THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRANTING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS.

 

EDN

HCR44

URGING THE JUDICIARY TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING DWI COURT PROGRAMS IN KONA AND HILO ON HAWAII ISLAND.

 

JUD, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB2740, HD1

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Prohibits health insurance preauthorization requirements that cause undue delay in receipt of medical treatment or services.  Specifies that insurers, but not health care providers, are liable for civil damages caused by undue delays for preauthorization.  (HB2740 HD1)

 

HLT, JUD