KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
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Senator Henry J.C. Aquino, Chair |
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Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 15, 2024 |
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TIME: |
3:10 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 225 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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TIMESLOT: |
GVO |
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 G E N D A
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RELATING TO REMOTE MEETINGS. Requires a board to offer remote testifiers an option to be seen and heard by the board and the public when offering remote testimony. Authorizes a board to remove or block any persons who intentionally disrupt or compromise the conduct of a meeting.
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GVO/LBT, JDC |
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RELATING TO EXEMPT POSITIONS. Allows the Department of Accounting and General Services to employ persons exempt from chapters 76 and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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GVO/LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Requires governmental bodies of the executive branch of the State to develop an online project management platform by a certain date.
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GVO/LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO LAHAINA WILDFIRE RECOVERY. Establishes the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission within the Department of Accounting and General Services to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in establishing a website for the Commission. Requires annual reports. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024‑2025.
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GVO/LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO COUNTY LABOR STANDARDS. Allows the counties to adopt labor standards.
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GVO/LBT, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Renames the position of state Chief Information Officer as the Deputy Comptroller for Information Technology. Specifies that the Deputy Comptroller for Information Technology shall be appointed by, and shall report to, the Comptroller.
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group, established by Act 179, SLH 2022, to assist the Office of Information Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology systems or data set and determine the appropriate data center or hosting facility requirements. Requires a report to the Legislature. Extends the working group's dissolution date to 6/30/2028.
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Amends the duties and sunset date of the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group.
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT. Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions.
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO HIRING. Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to provide state departments, divisions, and agencies the applications received for vacancies under certain circumstances.
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LBT/GVO, WAM |
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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) 586-6070.
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_____________________________________ Senator Henry J.C. Aquino Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey Chair |
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