THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

TIME:

9:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016 & Videoconference

 

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

GM 596

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Attorney General of the Department of the Attorney General, Gubernatorial Nominee, HOLLY SHIKADA, for a term to expire at noon on 12-05-2022.

 

 

JDC

GM 592

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Statewide Voters With Special Needs Advisory Committee, Gubernatorial Nominee, JAMES GASHEL, for a term to expire 06-30-2023.

 

 

JDC

Measure deleted on 03-24-22

SCR 8

      Status & Testimony

RATIFYING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GIVING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES POWER TO LIMIT, REGULATE, AND PROHIBIT THE LABOR OF PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

 

 

JDC

SCR 26 / SR 20

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THE RISE IN ILLEGAL TEXT MESSAGES.

 

 

JDC

SCR 60 / SR 55

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

COMMITTING TO PROVIDE GREATER PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BY ADOPTING RULES TO ALLOW FOR VIRTUAL TESTIMONY, HEARING RECORDINGS, AND INTERNET BROADCASTS OF HEARINGS BEYOND PERIODS OF CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.

 

 

JDC

SCR 110 / SR 97

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

STRONGLY URGING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ADOPT A FORMAL ETHICS CODE FOR THE JUSTICES.

 

 

JDC

SCR 185 / SR 178

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

DENOUNCING RUSSIA'S ACTIONS CAUSING A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO TAKE CONCRETE ACTION TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND TO INCREASE THE REFUGEE LIMITS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND INCREASE FUNDING RELATED TO THOSE EFFORTS.

 

 

JDC

SCR 195

      Status & Testimony

URGING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT FEDERAL LEGISLATION GRANTING STATEHOOD TO THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

 

JDC

HB 1339

      (HSCR776)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO IMPEACHMENT.

Establishes requirements for institution of and causes for impeachment of the governor or lieutenant governor.

 

JDC

HB 2197, HD1

      (HSCR786-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GAMBLING.

Amends the offenses of promoting gambling in the first and second degree to a class B felony and class C felony, respectively.  Excludes the offenses of promoting gambling in the first and second degree from qualifying for deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.  (HD1)

 

JDC

HB 2075, HD1

      (HSCR783-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Increases the time frame that a permit to acquire a firearm can be used to thirty days.  Eliminates physical inspection of firearms generally, except under certain circumstances.  Effective 1/1/2222.  (HD1)

 

JDC

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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.

 

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Senator Karl Rhoads

Chair