KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 2, 2023 |
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TIME: |
10:00 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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TIMESLOT: |
WAM |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. Requires the Auditor to audit the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Aquatic Resources Division's expenditures of funds received from the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. Requires a report to the Legislature from the Office of the Auditor prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024 and an annual report to the Legislature from the Division of Aquatic Resources beginning in 2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide to beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, monthly accountability reports that contain certain information on leases and fiscal matters. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO INCOME. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit an annual report on the enforcement of the wage and hour law in the State to the Legislature. Requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish: (1) investigation standards that protect the identity of an employee who files a complaint with the Wage Standards Division to report any wage and hour violations by their employer; and (2) an education program for employees and employers on federal and state wage and hour laws, including tip credit and prohibitions against employer retaliation. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO PRINCE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE. Requires certain public buildings near mass transit projects and on Hawaiian home lands to display portraits of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO FOOD BANKS. Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation costs of food for distribution to food banks in the State. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Establishes a three-year pilot program that provides that no new vehicle needs a safety inspection until three years after the date the vehicle was first sold; provides that electric vehicles shall require a safety inspection every twenty-four months; and provides that electric vehicles participating in a road usage charge fee shall pay a road usage charge fee based on a self-reported photo odometer reading. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals 6/30/2026. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture for the control and mitigation of the two-lined spittlebug and for recovery efforts for lands damaged by the two-lined spittlebug. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes wages of other employees in comparable employment to be considered when computing the average weekly wages of an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain, sheriffs' chaplain, volunteer firefighter, volunteer boating enforcement officer, or volunteer conservation and resources enforcement officer. Clarifies computation of average weekly wages of an injured volunteer firefighter for workers' compensation benefits purposes. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURE. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and maintain Hawaiian cultural centers within the State. Requires the Office to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the Office's compliance with this Act. Appropriate moneys for the planning and design of the first Hawaiian cultural center.
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATION. Requires the Comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023, provides a temporary income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a wastewater system approved by the Director of Health, or connecting to a sewerage system. Sunsets 12/31/2028. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO TARO. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to Hawaii farming groups to be disbursed to taro farmers. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Pu‘uloa. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to allow the Division of Forestry and Wildlife to coordinate the removal of hazard albizia trees that potentially threaten public and private land.
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO BEACHES. Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the promotion of a statewide beach assessment study and beach and shoreline restoration and conservation and the pursuit of compatible relationships among activities, facilities, Native Hawaiian traditional practices, and natural resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PARKING SPACES. Effective January 1, 2025, requires all State- and privately-owned parking lots with public paid parking spaces in the State to accept payment of parking fees by credit card and debit card. Requires all State- and privately-owned parking meters that collect parking fees for any public paid parking space in the State to be maintained in working order to accept payment by credit card and debit card. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services and the counties to report to the Legislature. Defines motor vehicle, public parking space, and parking meter. (SD1)
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TCA/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Makena State Park in the County of Maui. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LIVESTOCK. Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportation. (SD1)
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AEN/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO TELEWORK. Establishes a temporary Telework Working Group. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Retains institutional, health, and correctional workers except for adult corrections officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division or its successor agency of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under bargaining unit (10). Creates a separate bargaining unit (16) for adult corrections officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division or its successor agency. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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LBT/PSM, WAM |
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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 Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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