THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 3, 2022 |
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TIME: |
10:10 A.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference |
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TIMESLOT: |
WAM |
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A M E N D E D A M E N D E D 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 MEDICAID BENEFITS. Appropriates funds to reinstate the basic package of diagnostic, preventive, and restorative dental benefits to adult medicaid enrollees. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM
[Measure added on 03/01/22] |
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RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING. Establishes ranked choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT. Clarifies that a taxpayer may claim the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit no earlier than the third taxable year after application for first-year certification of the credit. Extends the time that the department of agriculture may certify the important agricultural land qualified agricultural costs tax credit from 12/31/2021 to 12/31/2031.
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AEN, WAM
[Measure added on 03/01/22] |
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RELATING TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires each public housing project, dwelling unit, and state low-income housing project that is built, renovated, or reconstructed after 1/1/2023, to include all necessary broadband infrastructure necessary for tenants to have access to broadband service.
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HOU/GVO, WAM
[Measure added on 02/28/22] |
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to establish a pilot program to convene a working group to develop a Waikiki adaptation and resilience plan to address climate change and sea level impacts in the Waikiki special district. Requires reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO BONDS. Specifies that the allocation of the state bond ceiling to the State shall be used entirely for housing related projects. Removes the authorization for counties or issuers to request additional allocations of the state bond ceiling. Prioritizes projects of counties that assign their allocation back to the State over projects of counties with their own private activity bond issuance program. Requires counties or issuers that retain their allocation to submit quarterly reports on the status or use of any allocation. Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State. Changes the dates for reverted or remaining allocations and requires certain reverted or remaining allocations to be used for housing related projects. Sunsets on 12/31/2027. (SD1)
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HOU/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a school psychologist national certification incentive program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE. Requires the Judiciary to create a separate employment classification for juvenile probation officers. Establishes minimum procedures for the appointment of juvenile probation officers. Requires reports to the Legislature on the status of the implementation of this Act. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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JDC/LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district under the Hawaii community development authority. Establishes districts to comprise and include the parcels of land within county-designated transit-oriented development zones, or within a one-half mile radius of a proposed or existing transit station if the county has not designated transit-oriented development zones, as determined by the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district board. Requires the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district board to develop a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district program to identify necessary infrastructure improvements within the district. Establishes the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district special fund. (SD1)
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HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities, except smaller facilities and facilities within the stadium development district, to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Allows the Department of Accounting and General Services to opt out of the cost-effective energy efficiency measures if a facility will be demolished within five years. Directs the Hawaii State Energy Office to collect electric utility bills and energy usage data for state-owned buildings and to make the data publicly available. Directs the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to collect water utility bills and water usage data for state-owned buildings and to make the data publicly available. Establishes a goal for the State to achieve at least a twenty-five per cent reduction in the electricity consumption of state facilities. Provides that certain agencies that perform energy efficiency retrofitting may continue to receive appropriations for energy expenditures. Beginning 7/1/2023, requires, where feasible and cost-effective, the design of all new state building construction to maximize energy and water efficiency, maximize energy generation potential, and use building materials that reduce the carbon footprint of the project. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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EET/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the agriculture investment special fund to support local agricultural producers. Makes an appropriation.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places.
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HWN/WTL, WAM
[Measure added on 02/28/22] |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a local agriculture transportation cost reimbursement incentive program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture to reimburse eligible producers for a portion of the producer's costs to transport agricultural commodities. Appropriates moneys.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS. Imposes a cap on the charged costs for the reproduction of certain government records. Waives reproduction costs for the first one hundred pages if disclosure is in the public's interest. Waives the cost of duplication of government records in an electronic format. Imposes a cap on charged costs for searching, reviewing, and segregating records. Provides for a waiver of fees when the public interest is served. Takes effect 7/1/2024. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Establishes the Hawaiian home lands special fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the special fund for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enable beneficiaries of the Hawaiian home lands trust to acquire a residence and to enable the department to fulfill its fiduciary duties to beneficiaries. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM
[Measure added on 02/28/22] |
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Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing. Click here to submit written testimony.
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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) 586-6800.
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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