THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2021
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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TIME: |
10:00AM |
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Conference Room 211 & Videoconference |
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TIMESLOT: |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO LAND RECORDATION. Amends the data requirements for land recordation by the bureau of conveyances, on land other than fee simple time share interests deregistered by the land court, to include a map and description prepared by a licensed professional surveyor. Effective 7/1/3021. (HD1)
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WTL, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees transferred or deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine (JABSOM) special fund be expended for purposes identified by the Hawaii medical education council to support physician workforce assessment and planning efforts. Repeals the cap on expenditures from the JABSOM special fund. Authorizes funds from the JABSOM special fund to be expended for loan repayments to physicians who commit to working in certain medically underserved areas as part of the Hawaii state loan repayment program and scholarships to qualifying medical students. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Requires the Department of Land Natural Resources (DLNR) and Department of Agriculture (DOA) to meet and identify the non-agricultural park lands that should be rezoned as those in the conservation district. Requires that agricultural lands under the jurisdiction of DLNR be transferred to DOA no later than 12/31/2023. Requires DLNR and DOA to meet every five years to discuss transferring remaining lands. Requires DLNR to report to the Legislature. Requires DOA to inquire about any easements needed by DLNR before offering a lease. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to amend and extend existing pasture or industrial leases and to issue new pasture or industrial leases by negotiation in furtherance of public purposes that DLNR and DOA are responsible for promoting. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO RURAL DISTRICTS. Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances that allow up to one dwelling per quarter-acre in rural districts. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. Dissolves the state capitol management committee.
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GVO, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO FEDERAL FUNDS. Establishes the joint legislative emergency response and recovery committee. Allows the joint legislative emergency response and recovery committee, under certain circumstances, to convene and make recommendations to the legislature regarding federal funds. Provides the legislature with the opportunity to convene in special session in accordance to the state constitution to act on the recommendations. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of funds collected from excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs concerning the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires each state department to ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department is locally grown. Requires a report to the legislature on each department's progress toward meeting locally grown produce benchmarks. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES. Expands the purposes for which moneys in the tobacco enforcement special fund may be used to include all functions of the department of the attorney general. Renames the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit to the electronic smoking device retailer registration and enforcement unit. Makes unlawful the sale of flavored tobacco products, mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine, and sale of tobacco products other than through retail sales via in-person exchange. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products" as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Expands the scope of the unit to include enforcement of compliance of electronic smoking devices with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Establishes a special fund for moneys received from enforcement actions. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2060. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENTS. Exempts the employees' retirement system from disclosing under chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, certain types of alternative investment fund information. Effective 12/25/2040. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. Converts the executive officer, public information officer, civil defense administrative officer, branch chiefs, and emergency operations center state warning point personnel in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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PSM/LCA, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Authorizes the director of labor and industrial relations to prohibit the operation of pressure retaining items, amusement rides, and elevators and kindred equipment if inspection fees or fines are not timely paid. Deletes the statutory boiler and elevator fee schedule and requires the director to establish the fees by rule. Defines "amusement ride", "permit to operate", and "pressure retaining item". Replaces "boiler, pressure systems" with "pressure retaining items" throughout chapter 397, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE TAKING OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Clarifies that any conservation and resources enforcement officer of the Department of Land and Natural Resources may, in the performance of their official duties, stop and temporarily detain any person whom the officer reasonably believes is, or recently has been engaged in hunting or fishing for a natural resource inspection. Establishes penalties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Extends the sunset provision in Act 42, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018 for three years until June 30, 2024. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO SIDEWALKS. Requires the department of transportation and each county's transportation department to maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and pedestrian improvement projects and to publish the priority list on their respective websites. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Prohibits the intentional release of balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for installment loans. Beginning 1/1/2022, requires licensure for installment lenders that offer installment loans to consumers. Repeals the statutory authorization for deferred deposit transactions on 1/1/2022. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Establishes a four-year transfer of certain duties, functions, and powers relating to emergency medical services for the city and county of Honolulu from the department of health to the city and county of Honolulu. Begins transition with the training and billing for emergency services on 7/1/2021. Appropriates general funds to the city and county of Honolulu for emergency medical services for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Appropriates half of the moneys in the emergency medical services special fund to the general for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Phases out state funding for emergency medical services in the city and county of Honolulu by 7/1/2024. (SD1)
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HTH, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Extends the required period for a notice of summary possession from five days to fifteen days. Requires landlords to provide notice with specified terms and enter into mediation. 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 one year after expiration of the governor's final eviction moratorium emergency supplementary proclamation related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM/JDC |
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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.
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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