THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM

Senator Lynn DeCoite, Chair

Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 13, 2023

TIME:

1:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

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The Legislature is accepting 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 G E N D A

 

GM 579

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Community Development Authority (Heeia District), Gubernatorial Nominee, JO-ANN LEONG, for a term to expire 06-30-2026.

 

 

EET

GM 636

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, KAREN BARR, for a term to expire 06-30-2023.

 

 

EET

GM 637

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, KAREN BARR, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 643

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Community Based Economic Development Advisory Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, TEENA RASMUSSEN, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 654

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, SANFORD MORIOKA, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 662

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Community Development Authority, Gubernatorial Nominee, PETER APO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 668

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Community Development Authority (Kakaako District), Gubernatorial Nominee, KEVIN SAKODA, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 669

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Community Development Authority (Heeia District), Gubernatorial Nominee, KAIWIPUNI LIPE, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 671

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i Authority, Gubernatorial Nominee, CYD MIYASHIRO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

GM 672

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i Authority, Gubernatorial Nominee, GORDON BRUCE, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

EET

 

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 "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option 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 1 minute 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/testimonyinstructions.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.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-5886.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Lynn DeCoite

Chair