THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2021
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 11, 2021 |
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9:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO WAGE GARNISHMENT. Prohibits a creditor from initiating or continuing any action to garnish wages from a debtor during the period of an emergency proclamation and some time thereafter. Prohibits a creditor from garnishing more than ten per cent of a debtor's wages for one year thereafter.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Expands the definition of "cooler beverage" to include certain spirits-based beverages that contain seven percent or less alcohol by volume.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO AGE DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits businesses that sell age-restricted goods from requiring disclosure of a customer's date of birth if it is clear that the individual has attained the age required to make a purchase.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Extends the period for a notice of summary possession from five days to fifteen. Requires landlords to enter into mediation and delays when a landlord may seek possession of a dwelling unit if the tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation. Requires landlords to provide the notice to mediation centers that offer free mediation for residential landlord-tenant disputes. Restricts when a landlord may exercise these remedies depending on the amount of rent due. Repeals on 06/01/2022.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT. Authorizes citizens to bring a nuisance abatement suit under chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to enjoin and abate nuisances related to environmental hazards, including tobacco smoke that drifts into any residential unit a person rents, leases, or owns, from another residential or commercial unit.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO SECONDHAND DEALERS. Clarifies that the secondhand dealers law applies to a secondhand dealer's operation of an automated recycling kiosk.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the chairperson of the public utilities commission to appoint an administrative assistant, a research assistant, and legal counsel to assist each member of the public utilities commission with commission duties. Prohibits the chairperson from dismissing or re-assigning appointed staff members without the prior written approval of the affected commissioner.
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CPN, WAM/JDC
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |