AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

JHA - Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

Business Concerns

LMG - Legislative Management

EDN - Education

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

TAC - Tourism and Culture

FIN - Finance

TRN - Transportation

HED - Higher Education

WLU - Water and Land Use

HLT - Health

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

37

Requesting the Natural Energy laboratory of hawaii authority to revive its proposal for the REACTIVATION of the Noi`i o puna research center.

EEP,FIN

38

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON ALIEN SPECIES PROGRAMS.

AGR,FIN

39

requesting the police departments to adopt a risk-focused policing model.

PSM,JHA

40

STRONGLY URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO LEAD THE NATION AND IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HIGH COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR ALL AMERICANS.

HLT,CPC

41

Requesting that PHARMACEUTICAL companies doing business in hawaii develop a more consumer friendly unified system for free PRESCRIPTION drugs.

HLT,CPC,FIN

42

requesting the board of trustees of the public employees health fund to examine the possibilities for cost savings and premium reductions through the provision of health testing.

LAB,FIN

43

requesting a study to allow inter-island legislative testimony.

LMG,FIN

44

requesting the auditor to investigate the hawaii community development authority's role in stimulating hawaii's economy.

WLU,LMG,FIN

45

requesting the superintendent of education to convene a task force to develop a demonstration project for gifted and talented students in the Pearl City high school complex.

EDN,FIN

46

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO CONSULT WITH THE SHERIFF’S DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NEW PUBLIC FACILITIES.

PSM,FIN

47

REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING NEW PERMANENT SCHOOL FACILITIES AND NEW SCHOOL CAMPUSES, GIVE PRIORITY TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT INDICATE THE GREATEST EVIDENCE OF OVERCROWDING.

JHA

48

Urging health care plans and providers to provide coverage for and utilize hearing screening in older PATIENTS.

HLT,CPC,FIN

49

URGING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AID TO DISPLACED AFGHAN PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND IRAN.

JHA

50

REQUESTING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR JAPANESE LATIN AMERICANS INTERNED in the united states DURING WORLD WAR II.

JHA

51

requesting the department of health AND the department of education to JOINTLY determine whether the diagnosis of children with "attention deficit disorder" or "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" in Hawaii has been excessive, whether Hawaii's children are being subjected to excessive use of psychiatric drugs to modify their behavior, AND TO research, examine, and recommend non-drug alternatives.

HLT,EDN,FIN

52

REQUESTING AN INVENTORY OF THE STATE SUGARCANE LANDS.

WLU,FIN

53

REQUESTING A REPORT ON WATER LICENSES.

WLU,JHA,FIN

54

REQUESTING a report on the status of the native hawaiian rehabilitation fund.

JHA,FIN

55

URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND NA KEIKI LAW CENTER TO DETERMINE IF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PETER KEMA, JR., WERE VIOLATED DUE TO NEGLIGENCE BY THE STATE OF HAWAII AND HAWAII COUNTY.

JHA

56

requesting the department of land and natural resources to reevaluate the boundaries of the hilo bay recreational thrill craft zone.

WLU

57

supporting the acquisition of Kahuku Ranch BY THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE for expansion of THE HAWAII Volcanoes national park.

WLU

58

COMMENDING THE ACADEMY OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM AND THE ACADEMY OF FINANCE PROGRAMS AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AND URGING THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY BOARD.

EDN/TAC,FIN

59

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HAWAII TELEVISION AND FILM DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO THE CRITERIA FOR THE MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION TAX CREDITS.

EDB,FIN

60

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY ISSUES CONCERNING TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER, THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TREATING THE DISORDER, AND TO RECOMMEND WHETHER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN HAWAII.

HLT,FIN

61

requesting the board of education to offer scholastic assessment test preparation courses in public high schools for elective credit.

EDN,FIN

62

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE STUDENT CRIMESTOPPERS PROGRAM IN ALL HAWAII DEPARTMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

EDN,FIN

63

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE STUDENT LAVATORIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

EDN,FIN

64

opposing any resumption of the proposal to conduct carbon dioxide experiments off the Kona coast.

EEP

65

REQUESTING THE department OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO complete a STUDY on EXPANDING THE COLLECTION OF DNA SAMPLES to include all CONVICTED FELONS.

JHA,FIN

66

requesting that the university of hawaii rename the rainbow baseball stadium to the les murakami baseball stadium.

HED

67

requesting implementation of a comprehensive master plan for kokee and waimea canyon state parks.

WLU,FIN

68

REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON HOUSING TO CONVENE A ROUNDTABLE TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM PLAN TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, KUPUNa, AND THE HOMELESS.

HSH,FIN

69

requesting the council of the city and county of honolulu to declare waikiki beach a smoke-free area.

HLT,TAC,FIN

70

requesting the auditor to examine the feasibility of adding surfing as a sport to the oahu interscholastic association.

EDN/LMG,FIN

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.R. NO.

41

Requesting the Natural Energy laboratory of hawaii authority to revive its proposal for the REACTIVATION of the Noi`i o puna research center.

EEP,FIN

42

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON ALIEN SPECIES PROGRAMS.

AGR,FIN

43

requesting the police departments to adopt a risk-focused policing model.

PSM,JHA

44

STRONGLY URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO LEAD THE NATION AND IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HIGH COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR ALL AMERICANS.

HLT,CPC

45

Requesting that PHARMACEUTICAL companies doing business in hawaii develop a more consumer friendly unified system for free PRESCRIPTION drugs.

HLT,CPC,FIN

46

requesting the board of trustees of the public employees health fund to examine the possibilities for cost savings and premium reductions through the provision of health testing.

LAB,FIN

47

REQUESTING A STUDY TO ALLOW INTER-ISLAND LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY.

LMG,FIN

49

requesting the superintendent of education to convene a task force to develop a demonstration project for gifted and talented students in the Pearl City high school complex.

EDN,FIN

50

Urging health care plans and providers to provide coverage for and utilize hearing screening in older PATIENTS.

HLT,CPC,FIN

51

URGING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AID TO DISPLACED AFGHAN PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND IRAN.

JHA

52

requesting the department of health AND the department of education to JOINTLY determine whether the diagnosis of children with "attention deficit disorder" or "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" in Hawaii has been excessive, whether Hawaii's children are being subjected to excessive use of psychiatric drugs to modify their behavior, AND TO research, examine, and recommend non-drug alternatives.

HLT,EDN,FIN

53

URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and na keiki law center TO DETERMINE IF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PETER KEMA, JR., WERE VIOLATED DUE TO NEGLIGENCE BY THE STATE OF HAWAII AND HAWAII COUNTY.

JHA

56

supporting the acquisition of Kahuku Ranch BY THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE for expansion of THE HAWAII Volcanoes national park.

WLU

57

COMMENDING THE ACADEMY OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM AND THE ACADEMY OF FINANCE PROGRAMS AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AND URGING THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY BOARD.

EDN/TAC,FIN

58

requesting the streamlining of state film permitting.

EDB,FIN

59

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY ISSUES CONCERNING TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER, THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TREATING THE DISORDER, AND TO RECOMMEND WHETHER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN HAWAII.

HLT,FIN

60

requesting the board of education to offer scholastic assessment test preparation courses in public high schools for elective credit.

EDN,FIN

61

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE STUDENT CRIMESTOPPERS PROGRAM IN ALL HAWAII DEPARTMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

EDN,FIN

62

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE STUDENT LAVATORIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

EDN,FIN

63

Requesting the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study on the feasibility of a state pharmaceutical assistance program.

CPC/LMG,FIN

64

opposing any resumption of the proposal to conduct carbon dioxide experiments off the Kona coast.

EEP

65

REQUESTING THE department OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO complete a STUDY on EXPANDING THE COLLECTION OF DNA SAMPLES to include all CONVICTED FELONS.

JHA,FIN

66

requesting that the university of hawaii rename the rainbow baseball stadium to the les murakami baseball stadium.

HED

67

requesting implementation of a comprehensive master plan for kokee and waimea canyon state parks.

WLU,FIN

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

S.C.R. NO.

7

REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH FOR CHILDREN IN THE sTATE.

HLT/EDN,FIN

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

28

Requesting that the department of health deny a Npdes permit waiver for experiments by the Pacific international center for high technology to inject 63 tons of liquid carbon dioxide into the ocean off the NELHA site on Keahole point.

EEP

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.R. NO.

33

Requesting that the department of health deny a Npdes permit waiver for experiments by the Pacific international center for high technology to inject 63 tons of liquid carbon dioxide into the ocean off the NELHA site on Keahole point.

EEP