HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair |
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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco |
Rep. Amy A. Perruso |
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Rep. Stacelynn K.M. Eli |
Rep. Jackson D. Sayama |
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Rep. Daniel Holt |
Rep. Adrian K. Tam |
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Rep. Greggor Ilagan |
Rep. Chris Todd |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Tina Wildberger |
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Rep. Lisa Marten |
Rep. Bob McDermott |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 |
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2:30 p,.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION. Requires the Director of Transportation to establish and implement a digital identification pilot program. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals on 6/30/2025. (HD1)
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TRN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING. Authorizes and regulates peer-to-peer car-sharing, including establishing insurance requirements. Imposes the general excise tax and rental motor vehicle surcharge tax on peer-to-peer car-sharing programs. 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. (HD2)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Subjects U-drive motor vehicles to the same motor vehicle registration fees as other motor vehicles. Authorizes the counties to use certain motor vehicle registration fees to mitigate and address the impacts of tourism-related traffic congestion. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS PROGRAM. Clarifies certain provisions in chapter 291J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to better reflect the legislative intent of the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Amends Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, as amended, to account for the current timetable of the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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TRN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Requires the counties to provide a minimum distance a vehicle must be moved within a specified timeframe after a vehicle is initially inspected for abandonment to avoid an official classification of abandonment. Requires that, before a vehicle can be classified as being abandoned, notice be provided that the vehicle must be moved the specified distance within the specified timeframe or be subject to removal. (HD1)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges and fines owed to the county relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle within the county by the registered owner of the abandoned vehicle before issuing a certificate of registration or completing a transfer of ownership, except under certain circumstances. Requires the county directors of finance to notify the appropriate county examiner of drivers of individuals who have outstanding charges and fines owed to the county relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle for the purposes of suspending, revoking, or prohibiting the renewal of their driver's licenses. (HD1)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Makes a person who is the registered owner of a vehicle that was deemed abandoned or derelict subject to a tiered fine system. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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TRN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SITE SELECTION SURVEY IN PUNA. Requires the department of transportation, in collaboration with the county of Hawaii, to conduct site surveys on the island of Hawaii to identify the most suitable location for an alternate route in Puna below Highway 130. Excludes lands under the jurisdiction of the department of Hawaiian home lands from site surveys. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS. Provides the department of transportation with more flexibility and discretion to address substantial hardship situations that impact airport concession contracts. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILY OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. Requires the department of human services to work with the department of public safety and other entities to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility on Oahu. Requires the department of human services to continue to lead a working group to address visitation and support needs of children and families of incarcerated individuals. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature before the 2023 regular session. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS. Requires the department of public safety to develop a pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool and conduct internal pretrial female risk and needs assessments to measure the female offender's risk of flight, criminal conduct, or harm to the community. Requires the pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool to consider factors important to women when considering their risk to reoffend and treatment needs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Mandates a community-based work furlough program for female offenders. Requires the expansion of community-based work furlough and reentry programs for female offenders. Requires state agencies that contract with these programs to submit an annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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CMV, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Clarifies that the comprehensive offender reentry system provides programs and services that result in the timely release of inmates on parole when the minimum term, rather than the maximum term, has been served by the inmate.
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CMV, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. Codifies the existing Hawaii state cybersecurity program, administered by the office of homeland security in partnership with specified entities, to oversee cybersecurity and cyber resiliency matters. Eliminates the state cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator position. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, HET, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANTS. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources (LNR402) for research, extension, and control of the little fire ant and other harmful ants. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TWO-LINED SPITTLEBUGS. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for the mitigation and control of the two-lined spittlebug, recovery of the rangelands and pastures damaged by the invasive pest, and research. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the college of tropical agriculture and human resources to establish one full-time agriculture education coordinator position. (HD1)
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AGR, HET, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Permits composting and co-composting operations in agricultural districts. Establishes and appropriates funds for an environmental health specialist IV position in the solid and hazardous waste branch of the department of health. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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AGR, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Requires the department of agriculture to partner with a Hawaii entity to establish a pilot USDA Harmonized GAP food safety training and certification program to help small- and medium-sized farms obtain the United States Department of Agriculture's Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices certification. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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AGR/ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide education and support to local businesses regarding the federal Food and Drug Administration's industry guidance on colored sea salt. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to the DOE to secure additional resources to help implement the Hawaii farm to school program, specifically to implement internal systems and controls to meet the State's local food goals in school meals. Requires the DOE to submit a report to the legislature no later than 1/1/2023 that details a plan and timeline for implementing the Hawaii farm to school program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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RELATING TO COFFEE. Requires coffee blend labels to disclose geographic and regional origins and percent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one percent after 7/1/2024. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown in Hawaii. Appropriates moneys for the pesticide subsidy program and for one full-time equivalent position to conduct inspections. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES. Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the focus, scope, and management of the agribusiness development corporation (ADC). Appropriates funds to ADC for a consultant for planning, an accountant, and for security on ADC property. Repeals the requirement that all agricultural projects, agricultural development plans, and project facility programs developed by ADC be approved by the board of agriculture before implementation. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Establishes the agricultural emergency loan revolving fund, to be administered by the department of agriculture, to fund class D emergency loans. Provides a separate source of funding for emergency agricultural loans. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair |
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