THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, March 1, 2024

TIME:

9:30 AM 9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

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 M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

GM 504

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Acupuncture, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARTA REBELLA, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

CPN

[Measure deleted on 2/27/24]

GM 505

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Acupuncture, Gubernatorial Nominee, STEVEN ROSENBLATT, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

CPN

[Measure deleted on 2/27/24]

GM 506

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Massage Therapy, Gubernatorial Nominee, SEAN ST. LOUIS, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 507

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Massage Therapy, Gubernatorial Nominee, SHANON SKOOG, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 508

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Physical Therapy, Gubernatorial Nominee, CYNTHIA TAMAYO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 509

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, Gubernatorial Nominee, BENJAMIN MOSZKOWICZ, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 510

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, JONATHAN LUCAS, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

CPN

GM 511

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, TERRENCE ARATANI, for a term to expire 06-30-2024.

 

 

CPN

GM 512

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, BRADLEY KUO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 513

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, SHERI SHIELDS-HANSON, for a term to expire 06-30-2024.

 

 

CPN

GM 515

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Public Accountancy, Gubernatorial Nominee, ISABELLA GARY, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 516

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Public Accountancy, Gubernatorial Nominee, WENDELL LEE, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 517

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Public Accountancy, Gubernatorial Nominee, ROBERT KAWAHARA, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 519

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Pest Control Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, JOHN SPEED, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 604

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Medical Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, ANGELA PRATT, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 612

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Physical Therapy, Gubernatorial Nominee, MICHELE CHEE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 613

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, Gubernatorial Nominee, RAYNETTE HALL, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

CPN

GM 614

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Pest Control Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, WILLIAM LEE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

CPN

GM 615

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, KEVIN KATAYAMA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

CPN

GM 624

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, NANCY CASSANDRO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

CPN

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

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 1 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

 

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or [email protected]. You can also visit their website at https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

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