THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, March 18, 2022

TIME:

1:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

 

PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN

72-HOURS REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL BEGINNING ON MARCH 7, 2022

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

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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 M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

 

 

GM 684

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Gubernatorial Nominee, DOREEN CANTO, for a term to expire 06-30-2025.

 

 

WTL

GM 685

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Gubernatorial Nominee, RILEY SMITH, for a term to expire 06-30-2026.

 

 

WTL

GM 687

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Gubernatorial Nominee, KAREN ONO, for a term to expire 06-30-2024.

 

 

WTL

HB 1669, HD1

      (HSCR895-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION.

Requires the office of planning and sustainable development to establish a pilot program 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.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

WTL, WAM

 

[Measure added on 3/15/22]

HB 2417, HD1

      (HSCR897-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Requires DLNR to review the final report of the house of representatives' investigative committee established under House Resolution No. 164, Regular Session of 2021, for the purpose of conducting a policy analysis and developing proposed legislation.  Appropriates funds for DLNR to conduct the policy analysis and implement the report's recommendations.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

WTL, WAM

 

[Measure added on 3/15/22]

 

[Measure deleted on 3/16/22]

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

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.

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair