HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

         COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
                Rep. Paul T. Oshiro, Chair
              Rep. Eric Hamakawa, Vice Chair


      COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
                 Rep. Nestor Garcia, Chair
           Rep. Sol P. Kahoohalahala, Vice Chair

              NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING ONLY

        DATE:    Thursday, March 4, 1999

        TIME:    3:00 P.M.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 325, State Capitol


                        A G E N D A

DECISION MAKING ONLY

JHA/PSM:
HB 32 HD1      RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                AGR,JHA/PSM
            Defines "industrial hemp".  Authorizes the State
            to allow privately-funded industrial hemp research
            to be conducted in Hawaii when the State
            department of public safety issues a controlled
            substance registration, and the U.S. Department of
            Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, issues a
            federally-controlled substance registration for
            research on the agronomic potential of industrial
            hemp.  Authorizes the department of public safety,
            in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement
            Administration, to monitor all phases of the
            research.  Specifies that all agronomic data
            derived from research under this bill be deemed to
            be proprietary in nature and not subject to
            disclosure pursuant to the uniform information
            practices act.  (HB32 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JHA:
HB 1471        RELATING TO ELECTIONS                          JHA
            Extends first term of 3 members on elections
            appointment panel from 4 to 6 years who will be
            selected by the governor.

HB 582 HD1     RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY            WLU,JHA
            Grants property owners immunity from civil
            liability incurred when a person is injured on the
            owner's land while engaging in a "recreational
            purpose" on private land or on a government-owned
            trail or access.  (HB582 HD1)

HB 273 HD1     RELATING TO CHILDREN                       HSH,JHA
            Toughens Hawaii's criminal laws for perpetrators
            of child abuse. (HB273 HD1)

HB 1528 HD1    RELATING TO PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES       TRN,JHA
            ON ARREST
            Authorizes police to arrest drivers stopped for
            traffic violations who refuse to provide proof of
            their identification or who are suspected of
            providing false or misleading information.
            (HB1528 HD1)

HB 1007        RELATING TO FIREARMS                           JHA
            Amends the penalty provisions of the firearms law
            to clarify that the penalty for a violation of
            this section is intended to be in addition to and
            not in lieu of the penalty for other applicable
            offenses.

HB 1529        RELATING TO ROBBERY                            JHA
            Defines the elements that constitute robbery
            offenses.

HB 1004        RELATING TO HOMICIDE                           JHA
            Proposes to:  (1) revise the statutory elements of
            murder; (2) create a new version of murder in the
            second degree; (3) revise the extreme mental or
            emotional disturbance defense to one that reduces
            the level of offense just one level.

HB 123 HD1     RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE              TRN,JHA
            INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATION LIQUOR
            Subjects motor vehicles driven at the time of a
            3rd DUI offense or an offense of habitually
            driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor
            or drugs to forfeiture law. (HD1)

 
 
 
 
HB 3 HD1       RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS         TRN,JHA
            Amends driving impaired statutes to consolidate
            and conform the time of the alleged violation
            offenses relating to operating a vehicle while
            using an intoxicant.  Makes conforming amendments.
            (HD1)

HB 1501        RELATING TO WIRETAPPING AND ELECTRONIC         JHA
            SURVEILLANCE
            Conforms state wiretapping and electronic
            surveillance law to federal law.                  

HB 848 HD1     RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING        LAB,JHA
            Provides for the use of substance abuse on-site
            screening tests (i.e., portable substance abuse
            tests) that meet the requirements of the United
            States Food and Drug Administration for commercial
            distribution.  (HB848 HD1)

HB 351 HD1     RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE     HLT,CPC,JHA
            INFORMATION
            Protects privacy of health care information by
            stipulating for conditions under which information
            can be disclosed.  Provides penalties.  (HB351
            HD1)

HB 530         RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION      LAB,JHA
            Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for
            an employer to condition employment or hiring upon
            the employee's relinquishment of the right to
            initiate or participate in an investigation or
            proceeding under chapter 368, HRS, or any other
            right under chapters 368 or 378, HRS.  (HB530 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6360.

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COMMITTEE CLERK 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN
BE MADE.

                               _______________________________
                               Rep. Paul T. Oshiro
                               Chair

                               _______________________________
                               Rep. Nestor Garcia
                               Chair