OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
_______________________________________________________________________________________
NO. 16
18TH LEGISLATIVE DAY - FEBRUARY 15, 2022
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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 |
________________________________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
Committee |
|
|
|
|
RE-REFERRAL
|
|
|
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Clarifies that, under the general excise tax law, sales to a licensed retail merchant, jobber, or other licensed seller for resale are only eligible for the wholesale tax rate if the resale is subject to the highest general excise tax rate. Adds a similar requirement for sales of tangible personal property to a service provider or for the purpose of providing transient accommodations.
|
ECD, FIN |
||
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaii task force to develop annual recommendations to the legislature to reduce suicide by twenty-five per cent by 2025. Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2026.
|
JHA |
||
|
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING. Amends the child abuse and neglect reporting requirement to specify that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report information gained solely during a penitential communication, unless exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect. Specifies that the general rule of privilege applicable to confidential communications made to a member of the clergy does not apply to communications relating to known or suspected child abuse or neglect when exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect.
|
JHA |
||
|
|
|
|
|