Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa
Ka ‘Aha ‘Ōlelo Kanakolu
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
‘Aha Kau Kānāwai 2020
REGULAR SESSION OF 2020
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Ke Kōmike Ho‘okolokolo |
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Kenekoa/Senator Karl Rhoads, Luna Ho‘omalu/Chair |
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Kenekoa/Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Hope Luna Ho‘omalu/Vice Chair |
‘Ōlelo Ho‘olaha No Ka ‘Aha Ho‘olohe
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Pōʻalima, Pepeluali 7, 2020 / Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Hola / TIME: |
10:00 a.m. |
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Lumi ‘Aha Kūkā 016 / Conference Room 016 Ke Kapikala Moku‘āina / State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO AMEND THE QUALIFYING AGE OF VOTERS FOR ANY STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to sixteen years of age.
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RELATING TO IMMIGRATION. Makes an appropriation to the judiciary to contract with nonprofit organizations to provide legal assistance and legal counsel to immigrants in determining legal status and citizenship, provide diversion to existing services, and otherwise provide counsel for existing rights.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Allows candidates seeking election for state- and county-level offices to use campaign funds for child care costs, under certain conditions.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available to certain state candidates in each election. Increases the amount of voluntary state income tax check-off contributions that may be designated for the Hawaii election campaign fund beginning on 1/1/2021.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Part I: Increases the maximum amount of public funds available in each election to certain state candidates by ten percent annually. Part II: Increases the amount of voluntary state income tax check-off contributions that may be designated for the Hawaii election campaign fund beginning on January 1, 2021.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Includes coercion as a means of committing the offense of sex trafficking.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Includes use of a castration band to inhumanely neuter a dog, cat, or other domesticated pet under the offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Prohibits specified trolleys, pulleys, cables, or running lines designed to attach a dog to two stationary objects in a configuration that endangers the dog, including by depriving the dog of sustenance. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog under the age of six months unless the dog is engaged in an activity supervised by its owner or an agent of its owner. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog with a tow or log chain if the tow or log chain inhibits the free movement of the dog. Prohibits tethering or restraining a dog with a choke collar, pinch collar, or prong collar unless the dog is engaged in an activity supervised by its owner or an agent of its owner. Effective 10/1/2020. (Proposed SD1).
Aia nō he mau kope o ka SD1 i hoʻolale ʻia ma ka Hale Palapala ʻAha Kenekoa a ma ke kaha pūnaewele o ka ʻAha Kau Kānāwai: www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
Copies of the proposed SD1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
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RELATING TO DRUG OFFENSES. Establishes a new misdemeanor offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the fourth degree, to include possession of dangerous drugs in the smallest amounts. Limits the class C felony offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree to include possession of certain dangerous drugs in an amount or weight equal to one-sixteenth of one ounce or more. Retroactive to 6/1/1972.
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Inā lawa ka manawa, e ho‘oholo mana‘o ma hope pono.
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
E waiho mai i kāu ‘ōlelo hō‘ike no ke Kōmike Ho‘okolokolo ma o ke kaomi ‘ana ma ‘ane‘i.
Click here to submit testimony.
Hiki ke waiho mai i ka ‘ōlelo hō‘ike a hiki i 24 hola ma mua o ka ho‘omaka ‘ana o ka ‘aha ho‘olohe.
Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.
Inā makemake e waiho i ‘ōlelo hō‘ike ha‘i waha, he ‘elua minuke wale nō ka lō‘ihi loa.
Those wishing to provide oral testimony will be limited to two minutes.
No Nā Papa ‘Ōlelo Ho‘olaha I Ho‘ololi ‘Ia: Kahawaena ‘ia nā mea i kāpae ‘ia a kahalalo ‘ia nā mea i pāku‘i ‘ia. Kahawaena ‘ia me ke kahalalo pū ‘ia nā mea i kāpae ‘ia mai ka papa kumumana‘o.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Inā pono ka mahele ‘ōlelo, a i ‘ole kekahi mau mea lawelawe ‘ē a‘e no ke komo ‘ana i nā hanana ma ka ‘aha ho‘olohe, e ha‘i mai i ke kākau ‘ōlelo kōmike he 24 hola ma ka li‘ili‘i loa ma mua o ka ‘aha ho‘olohe i mea e hiki ai ke ho‘omākaukau pono.
If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written), ASL interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.
No Ka ‘Ike ‘Ē A‘e, E Kelepona Aku I Ke Kākau ‘Ōlelo Kōmike Ma (808) 587-7211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-7211.
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_____________________________________ Kenekoa/Senator Karl Rhoads Luna Ho‘omalu/Chair |