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 HEARING
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022 |
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10:00 AM |
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Conference Room 229 & Videoconference |
PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN
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Please check the Legislature’s website for updates www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
Effective March 7, 2022, the Legislature will accept written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURER QUALIFIED ESCROW FUNDS. Provides a mechanism to assign nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers' qualified escrow fund balances to the State. Provides a mechanism for the financial institution acting as the escrow agent of the qualified escrow fund to petition the courts to authorize transfer of funds to the State when the qualified escrow fund is abandoned. Effective 1/1/2222. (HD1)
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CPN, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from applying categorical cosmetic or blanket exclusions to gender affirming treatments. Prohibits those entities from excluding gender affirming treatments as cosmetic services when prescribed as medically necessary. Requires those entities to provide applicants and insured persons with clear information about the coverage of gender transition services, including the process for appealing a claim denied on the basis of medical necessity. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
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CPN, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Minimizes regulatory burden and eliminates redundancy by permitting money transmitter applicants to submit to either a state or federal criminal history record check, rather than both. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires property owners of residential real property to disclose, as part of the mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions, whether the installed smoke alarm is in accordance with existing building or residential codes based on information provided by the state fire council. Requires the state fire council to create and maintain an informational guide on approved smoke alarms that are in accordance with existing building or residential codes and post the guide on specified websites. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO REGULATION. Prohibits as an unfair and deceptive practice the advertisement of a good or service in the absence of licenses or permits for the good or service, to the extent the licenses or permits are required by applicable state and county laws. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Bans hemp products that contain cannabinoids created through isomerization, including Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol. Adds Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol to the list of schedule I controlled substances. Effective 1/1/2222. (HD1)
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CPN, JDC |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Testimony" icon on the home page to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.
Please note the following:
· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.
· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.
If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions2022.pdf
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6070.
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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