KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair |
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Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 |
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9:30 AM |
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Conference Room 229 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. Makes it a deceptive practice to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, with certain exceptions.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Expands the criminal offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee. Makes an appropriation for 1.0 FTE enforcement position within the Department of Agriculture.
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CPN, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO UNLAWFUL SHIPMENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Exempts from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the shipments of large cigars and pipe tobacco sold to a consumer in the State through the Internet under certain circumstances.
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CPN, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Requires a landlord or the landlord's agent to provide, upon request, a certified copy of an applicant's criminal background check or credit report.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO MAIL. Prohibits certain entities from distributing unsolicited mail that is reasonably likely to cause the recipient to believe that a governmental agency has approved of the distribution.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION. Establishes additional requirements for notices of claims of construction defects.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION. Revises the construction defect claims process.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO ARREST PHOTOGRAPHS. Prohibits commercial website operators from publishing mugshots. Establishes exemptions.
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO EARNED WAGE ACCESS. Amends the law governing interest and usury by defining "debt" to include any amount that a consumer agrees to pay under certain conditions; requiring "annual percentage rates" to be calculated pursuant to the Truth in Lending Act and requiring certain charges, amounts, and fees to be deemed as "finance charges" in its calculation; clarifying the types of expected sources of funds to be included in the term "credit"; and repealing the stand-alone definition of "finance charge".
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CPN, 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.
If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)-587-7215.
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_____________________________________ Senator Jarrett Keohokalole Chair |
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