HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Chair |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu |
Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao |
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Rep. Cory M. Chun |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett |
Rep. Mahina Poepoe |
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa |
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi |
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Rep. Darius K. Kila |
Rep. David Alcos III |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A #1
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RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2023-2024. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS. Conforms county debt limit statements law to permit counties to exclude tax increment bonds from the debt limit of the counties if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of tax increment bonds and excluding tax increment bonds from determinations of the Counties' funded debt is ratified. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT. Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after 6/30/2023. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT. Excludes state and county retired employees hired after June 30, 2023, and their spouses from receiving Medicare income-related monthly adjustment amounts as part of their Medicare Part B reimbursement payments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND. Clarifies the allowable revenues to be deposited into the Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund and the purposes for which the fund may be used. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SUBMISSION DEADLINES. Requires the Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature, and to identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons therefor. Requires the Governor to propose legislation to implement the proposed deadline and streamline existing reporting requirements by repealing or consolidating any duplicative, obsolete, or extraneous reports. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL TOURS. Establishes a state capitol tours program within the office of the governor. Establishes two full-time equivalent positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS. Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the commission on the 13th festival of pacific arts and culture to plan for the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to submit, prior to the release of the funds appropriated by this Act, a report detailing how previous state funds that were appropriated for the festival were expended and, no later than twenty days prior to each regular session until the funds appropriated by this Act are fully expended or lapse, a report on the Commission's expenses for the preceding year. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CAI, FIN |
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RELATING TO CULTURE AND ARTS. Establishes the Hawaii leadership awards program to honor persons from Hawaii who have made considerable and outstanding contributions to the State and who serve as an inspiration to others. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CAI, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS. Designates the second Monday in October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CAI, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CAI, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN. Appropriates moneys for an education and reentry program for incarcerated women. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENDER PARITY IN PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice as a grant to conduct a study of all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities and convene a group of incarcerated women for the purpose of identifying gaps in programming offered to female inmates. Requires that the study be submitted to the Legislature by 6/30/2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Appropriates moneys to support a trauma-informed certification program at the Windward Community College campus of the University of Hawaii for adult corrections officers. Requires the curriculum to include a level I trauma-informed care course designed for adult corrections officers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL. Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services of the type performed by the civil air patrol. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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CMV, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Creates a mileage-based road usage charge to replace state motor fuel taxes beginning on 7/1/2025, for electric vehicles. Eliminates the $50 annual state vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles. Allows electric vehicle owners the option to pay a registration surcharge or a per-mile road usage fee until 6/30/2028. Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading of vehicles. Requires motor vehicle registration application to specify whether the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted is electricity. Requires the department of transportation to plan for the deployment of a state mileage-based road user charge program by 2033 and submit a report to the legislature before the 2026 regular session. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows the director of transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review and the environmental impact statement law, subject to certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
TRN, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of accounting and general services to collaborate with the department of transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage programs to enable parking stall sharing among public employees of the State. Requires the department of accounting and general services to conduct a study to determine the demand for, and feasibility and costs of, installing electric vehicle charging stations at newly constructed state employee and public parking facilities and retrofitting existing state employee and public parking facilities to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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TRN/LGO, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions. Establishes the clean ground transportation working group and the interisland and clean transportation working group. Requires reports to the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission and the legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita Chair |
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