OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
_______________________________________________________________________________________
NO. 34
54th LEGISLATIVE DAY – APRIL 21, 2023
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture & Food Systems |
CAI - Culture, Arts & International Affairs |
CMV - Corrections, Military & Veterans |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
ECD - Economic Development |
EDN - Education |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HET - Higher Education & Technology |
HLT - Health & Homelessness |
HSG - Housing |
HUS - Human Services |
JHA - Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs |
LGO - Labor & Government Operations |
LMG - Legislative Management |
TOU - Tourism |
TRN - Transportation |
WAL - Water & Land |
________________________________________________________________________________________
|
|
Committee |
|
|
|
RE-REFERRAL
|
|
|
|
|
|
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
|
CAI, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES. Allows the Department of Agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of 15 years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is 25 acres or less and located in a county with a population of less than 500,000. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
|
AGR, WAL, CPC, FIN |
||
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and publish a website that includes the application processes for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the department. Requires the Department to convert existing application processes into a digital format to be used on the website. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the website. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
|
WAL, TOU, FIN |
||
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Clarifies the decision-making process for the adoption by the Land use Commission of county maps for the designation of important agricultural lands. Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and employee housing on important agricultural lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing to incentivize the designation of lands as important agricultural lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
|
WAL, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. Adds to the State Building Code Council a voting member representing the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
|
CPC, FIN |
||
RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW. Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by repealing the definition's categorical exclusion of any employee who receives guaranteed compensation totaling $2,000 or more a month. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
|
LGO, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY. Prohibits commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters without a permit. Prohibits any person from advertising any commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters for which the person does not have a permit. Establishes enforcement mechanisms for the prohibitions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
|
WAL, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2)
|
HLT, CPC, FIN |
||
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES. Prohibits commercial vendors from presetting commercial beach equipment on certain beaches under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove commercial beach equipment after the customer has finished using it. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to grant exemptions through rules. Establishes administrative fines for violations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
|
WAL, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
|
HLT, EDN, FIN |
||
RELATING TO MINORS. Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor children. Makes permanent the amendments to the definition of "provider" as it relates to entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to consenting minors. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
|
HUS, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Adds to the membership of the State Fire Council, and to the membership of advisory committees that the Council may appoint, representatives from the Hawaii State Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to reflect all non‑federal fire fighting agencies in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
|
LGO, WAL, FIN |
||
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA SHARING. Establishes a Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group to make recommendations for a statewide criminal justice data repository. Effective 3/22/2075. (HD1)
|
JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE. Requires the Department of Human Services to collect and analyze data to determine the impact of expanding post-permanency services to families receiving benefits from the adoption assistance program and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
|
HUS, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Expands the definition of "private entity" to include business organizations that are authorized to transact business in the State, including nonprofit management entities that have a certificate of need or license to operate one or more community hospitals or hospitals serving a rural population licensed under the laws of any state. Beginning 1/1/2024, require the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation to provide written comments to the governor before the State enters into any new agreement with a private entity or modifies or terminates any existing agreement to transfer the right and responsibility to manage, operate and otherwise provide health care services at one or more facilities of the Maui regional system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
|
HLT, CPC, FIN |
||
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate-resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kaka‘ako and Kalaeloa community development districts. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
|
WAL, JHA, FIN |
||
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the department of health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the department of health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community treatment order if indicated. Establishes that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall serve as notification to the department of health that the person should be evaluated for assisted community treatment. Requires the department of the attorney general to assist with the preparation and filing of petitions for assisted community treatment, unless declined by the petitioner. Appropriates funds to the department of health for software and data collection and publication. Appropriates funds for statewide education and training on policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
|
HLT, JHA, FIN |
||
|
|
|
|