OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 11
10th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 1, 2019
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LHE - Lower & Higher Education |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PVM - Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
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TIA - Tourism & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Clarifies that state, county, and authorized agents' authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species also applies when there is a reasonable suspicion that invasive species are present on that property.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products. Effective 1/1/2020.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR A KUNIA WELLS IV EXPLORATORY WELL. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (LNR141) for the design and construction of one exploratory well to meet future potable water requirements for diversified agriculture.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHARMACISTS PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING OF OPIOID ANTAGONIST. Clarifies the scope of practice of the pharmacist to authorize pharmacists to prescribe and dispense an opioid antagonist to patients, and family members and caregivers of opioid patients.
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HLT/IAC, JUD |
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RELATING TO RECORDATION TRANSACTION FEES. Expands the uses and application of the transaction fee for filings in the Bureau of Conveyances authorized under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009 and Land Court. Clarifies that the transaction fee shall be repealed on the effective date of the administrative rules adopted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources that include the establishment of a transaction fee or on July 1, 2022, whichever occurs first.
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WLH, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT. Amends the Hawaii State Planning Act. Removes reference to achieving the viability of Hawaii's sugar and pineapple industries from the Hawaii State Planning Act's agricultural objectives.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. Includes certain steel agricultural buildings, structures, and appurtenances among those exempt from building permit and building code requirements.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for the department of agriculture to provide grants and loans to ranchers and farmers negatively affected by natural disasters through an agricultural disaster funds program.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY ASSURANCE. Addresses deficiencies in Hawaii's fuel shortage response and energy emergency (energy assurance) statutes; provides policy guidance on preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against any actual or potential energy supply disruption or shortage to preserve the State's energy security and to ensure that fuel products and energy resources are made available to emergency services and the public in an orderly, efficient, and safe manner.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION OPERATIONS. Department of Taxation fiscal biennium 2019-2021 budget.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LAWS. Repeals requirement that there be attached a clear and legible notice, placard, or marker upon the faucet, spigot, or outlet wherefrom the draught beer is drawn. Requires definitions adopted by the counties related to stacking of beer to refer to a standard serving of total volume and beer standard size servings to be limited to forty-four ounces of total volume before a customer at any one time.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Establishes the stadium development district, which includes all state property under the jurisdiction of the stadium authority, and that property under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority for development purposes. Requires that any state development in the district obtain a permit from the authority. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to suspend all fees relating to the licensing or registration of persons under its jurisdiction, from the fiscal year beginning in 2021 to the fiscal year ending in 2029.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT. Establishes and transfers to a Department of Environment certain agencies and programs administered by the Department of Health (the Office of Environmental Quality Control and the Environmental Council) and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (the Energy Office and programs relating to sustainability and climate adaptation planning in the Office of Planning).
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EEP/LAB/EDB, FIN |
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