KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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9:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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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 JURY DUTY. Increases the amount each juror or prospective juror is paid for each actual day of attendance at court.
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JDC, WAM |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 5 OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit discrimination against a person because of ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO INDECENT EXPOSURE. Increases the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the victim is less than 16 years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable to the fact that the victim is less than 16 years of age and that the actor is strictly liable with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was less than 16 years of age.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO HARASSMENT. Prohibits a person from using a location tracker to harass, stalk, or perpetuate a crime against another person without their knowledge.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Establishes the offense of habitual violent misdemeanor crime.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes presidential preference primary elections for the 2028 election cycle. Takes effect 6/1/2027.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO OWNERS OF LAND. Corrects erroneous references in chapters 520 and 520A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Prohibits the distribution of electioneering communications before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate or party.
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JDC |
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RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by persons subjected to sexual offenses as an adult against the person who committed the act. Revives for a one year period certain actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed. Allows a claim to be brought against legal entities during the one year window period if there is a finding of gross negligence. Authorizes a court to award attorney's fees to a defendant when an accusation of sexual abuse was made with no basis in fact and with malicious intent.
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JDC |
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.
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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) 587-7211.
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |