KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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3:00 PM |
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Conference Room 225 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating parties, minus administrative costs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith.
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GVO, CPN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after a protest is resolved and the contract is executed.
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GVO, JDC |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Raises the procurement threshold for small purchases to $50,000.
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO WAGES. Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in the State for work on buildings, structures, or other private works liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner.
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GVO, CPN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires any report of a study or an audit enacted with a legislative appropriation or adopted by concurrent resolution and conducted by an executive department or agency, to be submitted to the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, chairs of the appropriate subject matter committee of each house, and the Legislative Reference Bureau library. Requires a public hearing or informational briefing within one year of receipt of the report, except under certain circumstances. Exempts financial and other regularly occurring audits. Requires state departments and agencies to submit a report to the Legislature on certain information regarding funded state programs enacted into law within a year of passage.
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Allows the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or written guidance on the relevant legal requirements.
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GVO, JDC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS. Imposes a cap on costs charged to reproduce certain government records. Waives reproduction costs charged for the first one hundred pages if disclosure serves the public interest. Waives costs charged to duplicate certain government records in an electronic format. Imposes a cap on costs charged to search for, review, and segregate records. Provides for a waiver of fees when a record's disclosure serves the public interest.
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GVO, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS. Increases the fee for the issuance of an apostille or certification to $10. Establishes the apostilles and certifications special fund. Authorizes the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to expend moneys in the fund for operational expenses.
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES. Establishes additional funding sources for, and authorizes additional expenditures of moneys in, the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund. Appropriates moneys.
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. Requires state agencies to disaggregate data consistent with federal standards and requires publication of the data.
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Clarifies that board and commission holdover members shall not hold office beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office regardless of any conflicting statutes.
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GVO, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION. Transfers the Office of Consumer Protection from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Protection to the Department of the Attorney General.
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GVO, CPN/JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO EQUITY. Requires all places of public accommodation and state building construction constructed after 12/31/23 to provide universal changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.
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GVO, CPN/WAM |
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RELATING TO TREES. Requires the State, to the extent practicable, to plant fruit trees in new or renovated landscaping that includes trees. Authorizes persons to harvest fruit from those fruit trees. Provides that the State is not liable for any injuries or illnesses resulting from the harvesting or ingesting of fruit, including food-borne illness.
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GVO, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine an appropriate increase to the homestead exemption in bankruptcy proceedings.
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GVO, WAM |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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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.
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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 Angus L.K. McKelvey Chair |
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