HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2021
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Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair |
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Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco |
Rep. Amy A. Perruso |
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Rep. Stacelynn K.M. Eli |
Rep. Jackson D. Sayama |
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Rep. Daniel Holt |
Rep. Adrian K. Tam |
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Rep. Greggor Ilagan |
Rep. Tina Wildberger |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Lisa Marten |
Rep. Bob McDermott |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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2:30 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A #2
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS. Requires the attorney general, on behalf of the department of education, to institute proceedings to acquire certain land owned by the Mililani Town Association by voluntary action or condemnation. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EDN/WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides that the prohibition against serving two consecutive terms not to exceed eight consecutive years shall not apply to the term of the representative of Hawaiian medium early learning providers on the early learning board. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Gives a preference to students who live within the service area of a school or who enrolled in the school the previous school year who apply for participation in a career and technical education program offered by that school. Exempts students enrolled in a career and technical education program from the requirement to attend school within the service area in which a student resides. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires each school's academic plan to include a clear accounting of all resources that will be allocated to address and achieve each measurable outcome; the school's priority improvement strategies and measures to determine progress; student growth indicators; information about programs intended to address social and economic conditions that adversely impact student learning; a breakdown of certain teacher vacancy data; and average class sizes for all regular education, special education, and content‑based English‑language learning classes. Requires the department of education to submit an annual report on the school academic and financial plans to the board of education and the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires members of the charter school commission to collectively possess strong experience and expertise in various fields. Allows the authorizer's staff to provide technical support up until the completed charter application is submitted. Clarifies charter application notice requirements. Clarifies authorizer compliance requirements in cases of an appeal. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AGENCY. Renames the school facilities agency as the school facilities authority. Describes the powers and responsibilities of the school facilities authority by amending chapter 302A, part VI, subpart C and Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020. Transfers the total fund balance in the state educational improvement fund to the school facilities special fund by an unspecified date. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Increases the Board of Agriculture Chairperson's authority to approve agricultural loans and aquacultural loans not to exceed $50,000 of state funds, rather than $25,000. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number motor vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
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CAI, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the department of public safety to cover the costs of the personnel services shortfall at all correctional institutions statewide and health care services. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Allows mixed martial arts promoters to compensate contestants and their managers in cash. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PEER REVIEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. Clarifies the role of the board of public accountancy in selecting members to serve on the board's peer review oversight committee. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Expands the eligibility of organizations that can receive Community-based Economic Development (CBED) technical assistance from not just community-based organizations (non-profits), but also includes businesses, particularly those that currently have CBED loans or may apply for a CBED loan in the future. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR THE HONOKEA SURF VILLAGE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist HK Management LLC, in planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, acquiring, equipping, and improving surf industry center facilities. (HD1)
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires the department of health to consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations. Requires the clean water branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories as practicable and inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the chief procurement officer or designee to address protests as expeditiously as possible. Creates time limits to resolve protests to the award of competitive sealed proposal contracts and procurements of professional services, if the protest is not resolved by mutual agreement. Specifies that a protest shall prevail if the protest is not resolved by mutual agreement and within the established time limits. Effective 5/6/2137. (HD2)
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GVR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PREAUDIT PAYMENTS. Increases the minimum dollar amount of payments required to be preaudited. Allows, rather than requires, the comptroller to preaudit all proposed payments of expenditures under the threshold dollar amount. Sunsets 7/1/2022. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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GVR, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows selection committees for procurement of professional services to weigh the selection criteria in the order of importance relevant to their agency and project. Beginning 12/31/2022, requires the state procurement office to develop a vendor past performance information system. Allows a bidder of a public works construction project to clarify and correct non-material or technical issues with subcontractor listings for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Requires bids for construction to be publicly opened no sooner than twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD2)
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GVR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER REVOLVING FUND. Expands the scope of the conference center revolving fund for the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Authorizes the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo to expend funds from the revolving fund. Exempts the expenditure of moneys from the fund from bidding requirements under the Hawaii public procurement code. Requires the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo to submit annual reports of the revolving fund to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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HET, FIN |
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RELATING TO SERVICES FOR KUPUNA. Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the kupuna caregivers program during a governor-declared state of emergency. Allows the kupuna caregivers program to be delivered through either traditional service delivery or kupuna caregiver-directed services. Clarifies that coaches and service providers shall be mandated reporters who have received adult protective services training. Expands the duties of a coach to include assisting the care recipient and caregiver with the enrollment process. Allows funds under the kupuna caregivers program to be issued to the care recipient's financial management service provider. Requires the director of the executive office on aging to submit an annual report to the legislature and adopt administrative rules. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
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HHH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Requires the department of health to establish a two-year reorganization pilot project to reorganize the department of health's behavioral health services administration; environmental health administration; general administration, including the office of the director of health; and health resources administration. Requires the department of health to begin the reorganization pilot project with the reorganization of the behavioral health services administration. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTHCARE ASSURANCE SPECIAL FUND. Provides that the annual expenditure ceiling of the office of healthcare assurance special fund shall be established through the state budget process. Authorizes emergency spending beyond the established budget ceiling. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES. Increases the marriage license application fee to support the Hawaii birth defects program and operating costs of marriage license agents. Amends remittances of the increased fee to various special funds and accounts in unspecified amounts. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Clarifies that lands set aside by the governor to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation or leased to the corporation by other state departments or agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands". Clarifies that lands set aside by the governor or leased to the Hawaii housing finance development corporation from other state departments or agencies are subject to legislative approval prior to the sale or gift of those lands. Requires the corporation to return any land leased to the corporation by other state departments or agencies if the land is no longer needed for housing, finance, or development. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to submit certain documentation to the office of Hawaiian affairs regarding government or crown lands set aside or leased to the corporation prior to the corporation developing or financing an affordable housing development on those lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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HSG/WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies that the eligibility for the general excise tax exemption includes the nonreceipt of financing from the Hawaii Finance and Development Corporation. Allows certain affordable rental housing projects to receive a waiver of various development fees from a county. Removes the limit on the type of costs eligible for exemption from the general excise tax for development of affordable rental housing certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Temporarily exempts affordable housing projects by HHFDC from certain state and county fees and exactions related to discretionary approval or ministerial permitting when the projects are exclusively for certain qualified residents. Effective 5/6/2137. Sunsets on 6/30/2027. (HD2)
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Exempts from school impact fee requirements, certain affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, affordable housing units in projects or property developed by the Hawaii public housing authority, and affordable housing units in projects assisted by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Effective 12/1/2050. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIVORCE. Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of divorce to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the State for a continuous period of at least six months before completing a divorce. Effective 7/1/3021. (HD1)
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Requires employers to provide employees access to seizure first aid information specified by the department of health. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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LAT, CPC, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Makes emergency appropriations to the department of health provide funds for supplies, personnel, equipment, and related efforts to implement the State's COVID-19 vaccination plan and other COVID-19 related expenses. Requires that should any project or program paid for by state funds become eligible for federal reimbursement, those federal funds shall be deposited into the general fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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PDP/HHH, FIN |
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES. Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of public safety to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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PDP/CMV, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair |
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