COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senator Brian Kanno, Chair

Senator David Matsuura, Vice Chair

SB 94

Proposes to make the student member of the Board of Education a voting member, with the exception that the student member shall not be permitted to vote upon matters regarding personnel. (CHUN OAKLAND, KANNO, FUKUNAGA, MATSUURA, IHARA, IGE, BUEN, KAWAMOTO, MATSUNAGA)

SB 197 SD1

Allows the family court to provide written notice to the district superintendent or chief administrator when a minor enrolled in a public or private school, K-12, has been adjudicated to have committed a felony for the limited purpose of rehabilitating the minor and protecting students and staff. (SD1) (SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland)

Establishes criminal penalties for the abandonment of hazardous waste or used oil, and increases certain criminal penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony.

Clarifies the disposal options for used tires and notice requirements to consumers of new tires. (SD1) (BUNDA (BR))

Establishes administrative penalties for violations of statutory provisions on rules relating to natural area reserves. (SD1) (BUNDA (BR))

SB 981 SD1

Requires vote of simple majority of members of board of land and natural resources present and qualified to vote in order to approve of district permits and site plans. (SD1) (FUKUNAGA, IHARA)

Establishes administrative and criminal penalties for violations of statutory provisions on rules relating to the statewide trails and access program. (BUNDA (BR))

Revises land recording requirements to facilitate the recording process in the Bureau of Conveyances. (BUNDA (BR))

Criminalizes the destruction of crops; creates a civil liability for destruction of crops. (SD1) (BUEN, Nakata, Chumbley, Chun, Kokubun, Hogue, Matsuura, Hanabusa, Kawamoto, English, Inouye)

Amends definition of "farming operation" to include silviculture; provides that a farming operation is not a nuisance if it complies with generally accepted agricultural and management practices; establishes a rebuttable presumption that a farming operation is not a nuisance. (SD1) (MATSUURA, Kokubun, Buen)

Authorizes counties to enact and enforce ordinances relating to vicious animals. (SD1) (MATSUNAGA, Ige, Chumbley)

Allows a caregiver to give medical and educational consent for minor; provided that the consent to medical care is limited to school-related medical care. Subjects caregivers to penalties under part V, chapter 710, HRS, for making a false statement on an affidavit of caregiver consent. (SD1) (CHUN OAKLAND, CHUMBLEY, KANNO, FUKUNAGA, MATSUURA, IHARA)

SB 160

Establishes fines for motorists who are convicted of driving their motor vehicles at speeds greater than the maximum speed limit in school zone or construction areas. (CHUN OAKLAND, KANNO, Fukunaga, Kawamoto, Matsuura, Buen)

SB 164 SD1

Requires persons under 16 years of age to wear helmets when operating scooters or skateboards. Prohibits clinging to vehicles while riding on scooters or skateboards. Allows counties to regulate persons riding scooters and skateboards on streets and highways under their jurisdiction. (SD1) (CHUN OAKLAND, FUKUNAGA)

SB 216

Requires all vessels operating in and beyond state waters to have on board a properly functioning Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon ("EPIRB").

SB 637 SD1

Requires driver's licenses and state ID cards to electronically imprint the licensee's or cardholder's date of birth to prevent alteration. (SD1) (BUEN, KANNO, Chun Oakland, Chun, Tam, Sakamoto, Matsuura, Hanabusa, Kawamoto)

Allows counties to publish public notices in local papers rather than in consolidated publications. (ENGLISH, BUEN, Chumbley, Taniguchi, Chun, Nakata)

SB 495 SD1

Defines halfway houses for the purpose of county zoning. (SD1)

Authorizes reciprocal shipping of intoxicating liquor under specified conditions.

Prohibits smoking in all airport facilities except for specially designated enclosed areas. (SD1) (CHUMBLEY)

SB 815 SD1

Requires that all gubernatorial and state congressional political advertisements and debates during an election period be close captioned. (SD1) (FUKUNAGA)

SB 1317

Advances the deadline for the annual filing of financial interests disclosure statements by public officers and employees from May thirty-first to May fifteenth. (MATSUNAGA, Ihara)

SB 1341

Requires an applicant subject to the Military Selective Service Act to be in compliance prior to obtaining or renewing a motor vehicle driver's license or instruction permit or state ID. Requires the county examiner of drivers and attorney general to forward applicant's information to the Selective Service System. (TAM, Ige)

SB 841

Makes permanent, by repealing the drop-dead date, the law imposing notice requirements and fee limits on persons who are in the business of check cashing. (MENOR (BR))

SB 940

Deletes exemption for mutual benefit societies and health maintenance organizations from unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices for refusing to provide or limiting coverage to an individual having a third-party claim for damages. (MENOR (BR))

SB 233 SD1

Clarifies the practice of chiropractic to include referrals for laboratory tests, physical therapy, and massage therapy; clarifies articulations and manipulative therapies; defines "extraspinal". Removes the requirement from the violations and penalty section that the word "chiropractor" or "D.C." immediately follow a person's name if the word "doctor" or the prefix "Dr." is used. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) (CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga)

SB 257 SD1

Return of Prescription Drugs (CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Chumbley)

SB 1320 SD1

Amends antitrust and unfair competition law to allow any person to bring a lawsuit for enforcement; prohibits class action suit by indirect purchasers unless specified materials are provided to the Attorney General and the AG declines the case. (SD1) (MATSUNAGA)

Deletes language that has been interpreted as limiting legislative bodies' subpoena power; deletes obsolete reference. (ENGLISH, Matsuura, Chumbley, Menor, Kokubun, Tam, Nakata, Kawamoto, Sakamoto, Taniguchi)

SB 1276

Prohibits the bad faith registration of domain names on the Internet. (CHUMBLEY, ENGLISH, IHARA, FUKUNAGA, IGE, MATSUNAGA)

SB 864 SD1

Prohibits commercial sexual exploitation of minors in exchange for cash, in kind favors, or other compensation through an intermediary who profits from using the minor for specified pornographic or erotic purposes. Requires forfeiture of property and revoking of all business license if found in violation of this Act. (SD1) (KANNO)

Provides that minor cannot legally consent to having sex with a person who is 5 years or more older than the minor and the actor is not legally married to the minor. (SD1) (BUNDA)

Requires a physician to give notice to the parent or guardian of a minor or incapacitated person prior to performing an abortion. (SD1) (CHUN)

Chair