THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Donna Kim, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Thursday, March 16, 2006)

HB 2779

HD1

(HSCR145)

RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.

Makes it a civil rights violation to unlawfully discriminate against an individual preventing the individual from receiving state or county benefits for the sole reason that the individual cannot use English proficiently. Also prohibits county agencies or programs and activities receiving county financial assistance from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's disability. (HB2779 HD1)

HMS/IGA, JHW
     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6130.