THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 |
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9:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 & Videoconference |
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TIMESLOT: |
CPN |
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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 VETERINARY MEDICINE. Authorizes the board to grant temporary courtesy and relief permits for out-of-state veterinarians. Permits licensed veterinarians to practice veterinarian telemedicine. Allows for international veterinary school graduates to qualify for the licensure examination.
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AEN, CPN |
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RELATING TO HEMP. Removes certain duplicative regulations imposed on hemp producers in the State. Allows hemp producers to sell biomass directly to consumers. Requires that hemp produced in the State be labeled as Hawaii produced and that hemp produced outside the State be labeled with the appropriate origin.
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AEN, CPN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Access to Local Food Act to allow cottage food operations to sell cottage food products, under certain conditions, upon receiving a permit from the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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AEN/HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Includes advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority in the list of health care professionals authorized to administer medication to public school students. Requires administration of the medication to be approved by the Department of Health or other on-campus, school-based, health care provider pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of Education. (SD1)
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EDU/HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY INTERCONNECTION. Directs the Public Utilities Commission to adopt guidelines for interconnection applications that would trigger distribution, transmission, or other utility infrastructure upgrade costs in excess of a threshold determined by the Commission. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EET, CPN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under administrative rules established by the Public Utilities Commission. (SD1)
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EET, CPN |
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RELATING TO JOINT CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR LISTING. Clarifies the listing of contractors and subcontractors required for construction bids under section 103D-302, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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GVO, CPN |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION PRIVACY AND SECURITY COUNCIL. Amends section 487N-5(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow for each member of the Information Privacy and Security Council to designate a designee to act on the member's behalf in order to ensure quorum.
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GVO, CPN |
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RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. Establishes that gender-based pricing by manufacturers who sell the goods they manufacture to any person in the State for a price they set constitutes an unlawful deceptive trade practice. (SD1)
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HMS, CPN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Increases the minimum number of residential units in a condominium project that must be offered for sale to prospective owner-occupants in the thirty-day period following the initial date of sale of the condominium from 50 percent to 90 percent.
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HOU, CPN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Clarifies that a licensed specialty contractor may perform incidental and supplement work in crafts or trades other than in which the specialty contractor is licensed; provided that, when measured by the cost and extent of work involved in executing the specialty contract's work, the performance of the unlicensed work is substantially less than and only incidental and supplemental to the performance of work in the craft for which the specialty contractor is licensed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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LCA, CPN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Repeals section 453-34(d), HRS, which limits licensure as an emergency medical technician 1 to individuals whose practice is performed in a county with a population of 500,000 or greater.
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PSM/HTH, CPN |
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RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires public utilities to consider the disruption to transportation as a criterion in planning future maintenance. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, CPN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Establishes requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies and transportation network divers. Makes permanent the motor vehicle insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers in Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, CPN |
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RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. Establishes peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, CPN |
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RELATING TO AIRCRAFT. Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that require tour aircraft operators to have aircraft liability insurance coverage for an unspecified amount per person per incident. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, CPN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Requires importers of fireworks to obtain a license from the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation or applicable county. Requires annual report to the Legislature. Effective date 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS/PSM, CPN |
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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 Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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