HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Sharon E. Har |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. David A. Tarnas |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
Rep. Lauren Matsumoto |
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Rep. John M. Mizuno |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. Increases the term of a concession from 15 to 25 years and removes the requirement that certain concessions can only be awarded to nonprofit organizations. Provides that the director of the parks and recreation of the respective county in their sole discretion to avoid vagueness in the present law should make certain decisions and designation. Exempts from the bidding requirements of Chapter 102, HRS, concessions on public property whose operations provide historical and cultural information, goods, and services within the State.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Authorizes counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Changes the law requiring all state departments to ensure that a certain percentage of food purchased consists of fresh, local agricultural products or local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products to apply only to the DOE, DOH, PSD, DOD, and UH System. Requires each of those departments and the UH System to report to the legislature on its progress toward meeting these benchmarks and clarifies the information to be reported. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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GVR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE SELF-INSURANCE AGAINST PROPERTY AND CASUALTY RISKS. Establishes the State self-insurance against property and casualty risks special fund to be administered by the comptroller to provide the State with self-insurance against the State's property and casualty risks. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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GVR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows bidders to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information required as part of a bid submission for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline, in addition to the time for correction or withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids before or after the award as permitted by rules adopted by the procurement policy board. Requires that bids for construction be opened no sooner than twenty-four hours after the deadline for the submission of bids. Defines "immaterial or technical information". Repeals 6/30/2024. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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GVR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE. Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding acupuncture practitioners to reflect modernized scopes of practice, titles, and licensing and renewal requirements, including thirty hours of continuing education per licensing biennium. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses with psychiatric or clinical nurse specializations and physician assistants to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between the initial oral request and the provision of a prescription from fifteen days to ten days if more than ten business days have passed between the initial oral request and an appraisal of the patient by the attending provider or counseling provider. Waives the mandatory waiting period for qualified patients not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. Prohibits the disclosure or discovery of information collected or retained pursuant to incidental or routine communication between the department of health and qualified patients or providers. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Allows dental assistants to perform limited duties under general supervision of a dentist in public health settings. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TELEPHONIC SERVICES. Permits, but does not require or prohibit, Medicaid, health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover telephonic behavioral health services under certain circumstances. Clarifies that telephonic services do not constitute telehealth. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANNABIS. Amends the circumstances under which medical cannabis may be transported by and between dispensaries. Increases the allowable number of plants for production centers. Increases the number of production centers that may be allowed under a dispensary license. Increases the number of retail dispensing locations that may be allowed under a dispensary license. Redefines the term "medical cannabis production center" to include any series of structures located within the same secured perimeter fence-line. Requires the department of health to establish the fee structure for the submission of applications for additional production centers and retail dispensing locations and for dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Amends the department of health's duties with respect to the establishment of standards for manufactured cannabis products. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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HHH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING. Authorizes peer-to-peer car-sharing and establishes regulations thereof, including insurance requirements. Imposes the general excise tax and rental motor vehicle surcharge tax on peer-to-peer car-sharing programs, including car-sharing program requirements. Requires those persons engaging or continuing in a peer-to-peer car-sharing program to register with the Department of Taxation. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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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. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a renewable fuels production tax credit. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Allows for new and upgraded electric vehicle charging stations having a single port to qualify for a rebate. Eliminates the annual cap on rebates. Increases flexibility of the Public Utilities Commission to administer the electric vehicle charging station rebate program. Increases maximum percentage of rebate program appropriations that may be expended for administrative costs and allows for marketing and outreach expenses to be included within allowable administration costs of the electric vehicle charging station rebate program. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes a refundable income tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Establishes an extended producer responsibility program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year. Provides for the deposit of fees into an extended producer responsibility special fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the extended producer responsibility special fund for the creation of a report that assesses the resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES. Establishes the Hawaii farmland and forest soil health carbon smart incentive program to incentivize carbon sequestration activities through incentives contracts that provide for compensation for eligible practices by program participants. Appropriates funds for positions and for administering the program. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson Chair |
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