HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair |
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Rep. Tina Wildberger, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Stacelynn K.M. Eli |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
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Rep. Linda Ichiyama |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. John M. Mizuno |
Rep. Gene Ward |
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Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi, Chair |
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Rep. John M. Mizuno, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Val Okimoto |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 |
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TIME: |
09:30AM |
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PLACE: |
VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the state procurement office to give preference to a bank or credit union located in Hawaii to provide services for a purchasing card program. (HD1)
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GVR, CPC |
The following measure(s) were previously heard on 02/04/22 at 09:30am. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE AUDITOR'S WORK. Requires the auditor to disclose information, evidence, and requested documents, including working papers, to an investigating committee after the final audit report has been issued.
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GVR/LMG, JHA |
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RELATING TO AUDITING PRACTICES. Establishes draft audit report requirements. Requires the auditor to follow best auditing practices and standards when obtaining testimonial evidence and, if recording an interview, to follow certain requirements.
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GVR/LMG, JHA |
The following measure(s) were previously heard on 02/11/22 at 09:30am. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING. Requires all new state employees to complete ethics training either live or online within 90 days of the start of employment and every 4 years thereafter. Requires existing employees who have not received ethics training within the immediately preceding 3 years to complete live or online ethics training within 12 months of the Act's effective date and at least once every 4 years thereafter. Specifies that certain state officers shall complete live ethics training.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO GIFTS. Defines the reporting and disposition requirements for gift received by members of the legislature or employees of the State.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO GIFTS. Excludes from the State Code of Ethics' prohibition against acceptance of gifts by legislators and employees, foreign protocol gifts, gifts of aloha, invitations to certain events, and meals, under certain conditions. Defines foreign protocol gifts and gifts of aloha.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Requires the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or guidance on the relevant legal requirements.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 92, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Adds definitions for "board business" and "informal gatherings". Specifies that a board may prepare and circulate amongst members a statement on a position previously adopted for purposes of submission to the legislature when notice by the legislature is insufficient to interact in any other permitted manner. Outlines when board packets must be available to interested persons. Requires the application of the sunshine law to all adjudicatory functions concerning land use.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT. Clarifies the legislature's intent regarding internal deliberative and pre-decisional materials of government agencies. Specifies that certain deliberative and pre-decisional materials that are a direct part of a government agency's internal decision-making process are not subject to disclosure if the disclosure of such materials would impair the agency's ability to make sound and fair decisions, but only to the extent that the impairment outweighs public interest in disclosure.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Requires all boards to livestream meetings and archive the recordings online. Requires a board to identify each item on its meeting agenda as an item for action or an item for discussion and allow for oral testimony after each agenda item. Amends time frame requirements for the posting of board meeting minutes and board packets. Requires board meeting minutes and board packets to be posted online.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO INFORMAL MEETINGS. Exempts members of a county council from the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official county council business for purposes of permitted interactions. Clarifies that such meetings shall be meetings that are open to the public.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO SUNSHINE LAW BOARDS. Amends Section 1. Act 220, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to remove language requiring open meetings to have an in-person location for public access when hosting otherwise entirely remote meetings.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO BOARDS. Allows a board to conduct up to one retreat in private per calendar year; provided that the board does not vote on any matter, make decisions, or deliberate toward a decision on any matter currently pending before the board or likely to arise before the board.
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GVR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Requires that the mandatory disclosure of the names of persons who are physically with a board member attending a public meeting by an online method shall apply only to the disclosure of the names of adults, and not minors, who are physically with the board member.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands after beneficiary consultation and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months.
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GVR, JHA |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Proposed HD1: Informs the public of the true sources of dark money contributions by requiring section 501(c)(4) organizations to disclose the name and address of donors who donate an aggregate of more than $100, with certain exceptions. Adds definitions. (Proposed HD1)
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GVR, JHA |
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The proposed HD1 is available on the Legislature's Web site: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey Chair |