THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

AMENDED MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024

DATE:	Thursday, February 15, 2024
TIME:	4:00 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street
TIMESLOT:	GVO

AMENDED DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

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

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

SB 3307 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Requires the Director of the Office of Information Practices to adopt rules to establish a process for the selection and appointment of trusted public representatives.  Allows the Director of the Office of Information Practices to assign trusted public representatives to observe board meetings closed to the public.  Requires the Director of the Office of Information Practices to include in the Director's annual report the activities of trusted public representatives.  Requires trusted public representatives to submit a confidential report to the Director of the Office of Information Practices that a board meeting was conducted in conformance with chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Defines "trusted public representative".  Allows boards to hold certain meetings closed to the public if a trusted public representative is assigned to the meeting by the Director of the Office of Information Practices and is present at the meeting.	GVO, JDC
SB 3185 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends section 103D-301, HRS, methods of source selection, to add the alternative procurement method.  Amends chapter 103D, HRS, to add to part III a new section allowing an alternative procurement method when the federal government provides for or approves the alternative procurement method, and the head of the purchasing agency makes a written determination that it is neither practicable nor advantageous to use the existing statutory procurement methods.	GVO, WAM
SB 2335 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. Amends the membership, authority, and duties of the State Building Code Council.  Gives the counties the sole discretion to amend, adopt, and update the Hawaii state building codes as they apply within each county's respective jurisdiction.	GVO, WAM
SB 2743 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Authorizes certain counties to use county surcharge on state tax revenues and fuel tax revenues for the repair and maintenance of private roadways that are open to and used by the public.	GVO, WAM
SB 2831 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO THE COUNTY TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to assist a requesting county in levying, assessing, collecting, and otherwise administering the county transient accommodations tax, including delinquencies and penalties, for a 2-year period beginning 1/1/2025.	GVO, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-14-24]
SB 2994 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. Requires that the adoption, amendment, or update of a building code or standard by the State Building Code Council be within two years of every other official publication date of a code or standard.  Clarifies that the Hawaii state building code acts as the interim county building code until superseded by the county.	GVO, JDC

No testimony will be accepted.

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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