HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Chair

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu

Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao

Rep. Cory M. Chun

Rep. Dee Morikawa

Rep. Elle Cochran

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett

Rep. Mahina Poepoe

Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi

Rep. Darius K. Kila

Rep. David Alcos III

Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi

Rep. Gene Ward

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, February 17, 2023

TIME:

2:00 P.M.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

Click here to submit testimony and to testify remotely or in person.

 

A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online

shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 33

Status

RELATING TO STATE BONDS.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds.  Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.

 

FIN

HB 35

Status

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUND REPORTS.

Amends the contents required to be submitted in each annual non‑general fund program measures report and non-general fund cost element report.

 

FIN

HB 39

Status

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Abolishes or reclassifies certain non-general funds of the Department of Taxation pursuant to the recommendations contained in Auditor's Report No. 22-14.

 

FIN

HB 1022

Status

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.

Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.

 

FIN

HB 1023

Status

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.

Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.

 

FIN

 

The following bills is for decision-making purposes only to insert substantive provisions into the short form bill.  A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date, at which time testimony will be accepted. 

 

HB 25

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Short form bill relating to taxation.

 

FIN

HB 27

Status

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

Short form bill relating to the state budget.

 

FIN

 

HB 28

Status

RELATING TO STATE PROGRAMS.

Short form bill relating to state programs.

 

FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony received after this time will be stamped late and left to the discretion of the chair to consider.  While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may not be processed.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

The chair may institute a per-testifier time limit.

 

Committees meeting in the morning must adjourn prior to the day's Floor Session.  Therefore, due to time constraints, not all testifiers may be provided an opportunity to offer verbal comments.  However, written submissions will be considered by the committee.

 

Please refrain from profanity or uncivil behavior.  Violations may result in ejection from the hearing without the ability to rejoin.

 

For remote testifiers, the House will not be responsible for bad connections on the testifier's end.

 

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or [email protected].

 

The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning.  If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter) or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

Click here for a complete list of House Guidelines for remote testimony.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.

 

For more information, please contact the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-6200

 

 

 

 

 

________________________________________

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Chair