AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

INT - International Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

JUD - Judiciary

Business Concerns

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

EDN - Education

LMG - Legislative Management

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

FIN - Finance

TAC - Tourism and Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLH - Water, Land Use & Hawaiian Affairs

SENATE BILLS

Committee

S.B. NO.

617

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

Requires the Judicial Council to convene a task force to review criminal charging procedures to recommend legislative amendments.

JUD

787

RELATING TO DISASTER LEAVE.

Allows certain state and county employees who are trained and experienced in disaster relief to provide such services for brief periods without loss of pay and benefits.

FIN

877, SD2

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires that the range and quality of programming offered to women in corrections be substantially equivalent to the range and quality of programs offered to males. Requires office of youth services to develop and implement gender-responsive community-based programs for adjudicated females. Appropriates unspecified sums. (SB877 SD2)

JUD

881, SD1, HD1

RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.

Allows public safety officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs to assume protective custody of child abuse victim; requires public safety officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs to report child abuse cases. (SB881 HD1)

HSH, JUD

1239, SD1, HD1

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Description: Allows for the delivery of biodiesel to state harbors. Reduces harbor fees for alternative fuel vessels. Reduces total fuel taxes for ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels, other than liquefied petroleum gas. Establishes a preference in public contracts for the use of biofuels. (SB1239 HD1)

EEP/TRN, FIN

1260, SD1

RELATING TO MICROORGANISM IMPORT.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Tripler Army Medical Center to import microorganisms for laboratory diagnostics without review and permit approval by the Department of Agriculture (DOA), but with notification to DOA prior to transfer, to prepare for bioterrorism acts and other public health emergencies in a timely manner. (SD1)

FIN

1326, SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the DOE to adopt a program for 12 grades which provides opportunities for students to develop competency in a second language. (SD1)

FIN

1657, SD1, HD1

RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Allows law enforcement officers to access private property to enforce laws related to parking for disabled persons; prohibits parking in access aisles adjacent to disabled parking spaces; expands the list of parking infractions involving the use or failure to use removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, or special license plates; makes various other amendments to improve the laws related to parking for the disabled. (SB1657 HD1

TRN, FIN

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

41

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL-COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROAD TO KAILUA HIGH SCHOOL IN KAILUA, O`AHU.

TRN, FIN

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.R. NO.

45

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL-COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROAD TO KAILUA HIGH SCHOOL IN KAILUA, O`AHU.

TRN, FIN