OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 5

8TH LEGISLATIVE DAY – FEBRUARY 1, 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

 

HB1519

RELATING TO SUNSCREEN.

Beginning January 1, 2023, prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains active ingredients that are not generally recognized as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration, without a prescription issued by a licensed health care provider.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1697

RELATING TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

Requires DOE to provide comprehensive training for teachers and educational officers on sexual health topics that include positive and accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and other sexual orientations and gender identities and persons of color communities, to destigmatize and promote sexual health.  Requires sexual health programs to include similar sexual health topics to destigmatize and promote sexual health.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1839

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Makes camper vans a type of transient accommodation, the rental of which is subject to the transient accommodations tax.

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

HB1995

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

Amends the definition of "capital investment costs" to include the planting of trees having an expected lifespan of at least 15 years.

 

AGR, FIN

HB2019

RELATING TO BONDS.

Specifies that the allocation of the state bond ceiling to the State shall be used entirely for housing related projects.  Requires counties that elect to receive their allocation to do so by resolution and specify the allocation amount requested.  Removes the authorization for counties or issuers to request additional allocations of the state bond ceiling.  Prioritizes projects of counties that assign their allocation back to the State over projects of counties with their own private activity bond issuance program.  Requires counties or issuers that retain their allocation to submit quarterly reports on the status or use of any allocation.  Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State.  Changes the dates for reverted or remaining allocations and requires certain reverted or remaining allocations to be used for housing related projects.  Sunsets on 12/31/2027.

 

HSG, FIN

HB2024

RELATING TO MAUNA KEA.

Establishes the Mauna Kea stewardship authority as the sole authority for management of state-managed lands on Mauna Kea.  Requires the authority to develop a single plan that dictates the management of land uses; human activities, uses, and access; stewardship, education; research, disposition; and overall operations.  Requires the authority to develop a framework to limit astronomy development on Mauna Kea.  Prohibits certain commercial use and activities on Mauna Kea.  Requires an application and fee for all recreational users of Mauna Kea.  Establishes Mauna Kea management special fund.  Repeals Mauna Kea lands management special fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL/JHA/FIN

HB2069

RELATING TO GIFTS.

Defines the reporting and disposition requirements for gift received by members of the legislature or employees of the State.

 

GVR, JHA

HB2164

RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF WATER LICENSES BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Clarifies the conditions and manner in which the Board of Land and Natural Resources may dispose of water by license.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB2174

RELATING TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends the title of chapter 386, part V, subpart C, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to add reserve public safety law enforcement officers, and amends section 386-181, HRS, to include reserve public safety law enforcement officers to the list of volunteer occupations covered under the workers' compensation law.  Allows reserve public safety law enforcement officers who are injured under the conditions specified in section 386-3, HRS, to receive workers' compensation.  Adds reserve public safety law enforcement officers to the list of volunteers who are covered under the conditions for computing average weekly wages.

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

HB2249

RELATING TO MENSTRUAL EQUALITY.

Requires the Department of Education to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public school campuses.  Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public charter school campuses.  Makes appropriations.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2355

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes an appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.

 

LAT, FIN

HB2433

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES.

Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

JHA, FIN

HB2450

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES.

Requires that all funds in the administratively established carry-forward trust holding account in excess of $15,100,000 be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs each year.

 

JHA, FIN