HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair

Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell	Rep. Alex M. Sonson
Rep. Ken Ito	Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho	Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu	Rep. Bud Stonebraker
Rep. Hermina M. Morita

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell	Rep. Alex M. Sonson
Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho	Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu	Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto
Rep. Hermina M. Morita	Rep. Cynthia Thielen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Wednesday, February 22, 2006
TIME:	1:55 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 1417 (HSCR259)	RELATING TO DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. Requires the filing of a certificate of merit with any complaint filed against a design professional for failure to meet the standard of care. Also, requires the filing of a preliminary expert opinion affidavit.	EDB, CPC/JUD
HB 2192 HD1 (HSCR415-06)	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Clarifies the requirements for emergency call-in Schedule II prescriptions, the use of facsimile and telephonic prescriptions, and the appropriate use of narcotics to treat addiction. Creates central fill pharmacies. Allows limited information sharing. Adds new definitions. (HB2192 HD1)	PSM, CPC/JUD
HB 3099 (HSCR526-06)	RELATING TO ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS BY THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. Provides that a plaintiff in an antitrust case against a producer or refiner of petroleum products, in order to survive a dispositive pretrial motion, is not required to present evidence that tends to exclude the possibility that the alleged conspirators acted independently.	EEP, CPC/JUD
HB 2535	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS. Amends offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime by including use of a computer to obtain control over the property of the victim or to facilitate commission of the offense of theft in the first or second degrees.	CPC/JUD

HB 1985	RELATING TO ONLINE PROPERTY OFFENSES. Prohibits online sale of stolen property, online theft by deception, and electronic fencing. Makes the offenses a class C felony for amounts in excess of $300 and a misdemeanor for amounts less than $300.	JUD/CPC

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair		________________________________________ Rep. Robert N. Herkes Chair