OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 4

7TH LEGISLATIVE DAY - JANUARY 31, 2022

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CAI -    Culture, Arts, & International Affairs

CMV -  Corrections, Military, & Veterans

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

GVR -  Government Reform

HET -   Higher Education & Technology

HHH -  Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

HSG -   Housing

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LAT -   Labor & Tourism

LMG -  Legislative Management

PDP -   Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB1815

RELATING TO ONLINE SPORTS WAGERING.

Creates the online sports wagering corporation to regulate and administer sports wagering in the State over the internet.

 

ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB1856

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Increases the minimum and potential maximum fine for violating certain provisions relating to the installation of a noisy muffler.

 

HHH, CPC, JHA

HB1861

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Prohibits a landlord from terminating certain tenancies without just cause.  Requires a landlord to provide relocation assistance or waive the last month's rent when terminating a tenancy for no-fault just cause.  Restricts how much and how often a landlord may increase an existing tenant's rent.  Establishes the Hawaii rent board to oversee annual rent increases and conduct rental arbitrations, mediations, and investigative hearings on reports of wrongful evictions.  Establishes a rent stabilization special fund, to be funded by a separate fee assessed on rental units to support the activities of the Hawaii rent board.

 

CPC, JHA, FIN

HB2254

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN SAILING CANOES.

Amends requirements for an owner or lessee of a native Hawaiian sailing canoe to moor at a small boat harbor.  Defines "native Hawaiian sailing canoe".

 

WAL, JHA