HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell	Rep. Alex M. Sonson
Rep. Jerry L. Chang	Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Rep. Robert N. Herkes	Rep. Lynn Finnegan
Rep. Ken Ito	Rep. Barbara Marumoto
Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho	Rep. David A. Pendleton
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee	Rep. Cynthia Thielen
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Thursday, March 4, 2004
TIME:	2:00 p.m.
PLACE:	State Capitol Auditorium State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 2290 (HSCR348-04)	RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Establishes a three-stage graduated driver licensing system for persons under the age of eighteen. Requires drivers under the age of eighteen to be accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian when driving between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and four o'clock a.m. with exceptions. Requires temporary permit holders to be accompanied with an individual who is twenty-one years of age rather than eighteen when driving.	TRN, JUD
HB 706 (HSCR363)	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. Adds violence against health care professionals to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.	HLT, JUD
HB 2254	RELATING TO CHAPTER 707, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies that the definition of "sexual penetration" includes the acts of cunnilingus and anilingus whether or not actual penetration has occurred.	JUD
HB 2259	RELATING TO MISUSE OF 911. Makes it a misdemeanor to make a false report using 911 emergency telephone number.	JUD
HB 2100 HD1 (HSCR339-04)	RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules to establish an administrative process allowing involuntary medication of psychiatric patients institutionalized at state operated or funded psychiatric facilities to alleviate mental illness and restore competency while protecting the rights of patients. (HB2100 HD1)	HLT, JUD

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

As these measure is for decision making only, no public testimony will be accepted.

HB 2458 (HSCR193-04)	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Clarifies that DHS may require a parent, legal custodian, guardian, or caregiver, in cases where appropriate, to participate in diversion and other supportive services, in lieu of taking custody of a child.	HSH, JUD
HB 537	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Adds sexual orientation as a protected status for laws prohibiting discrimination in housing. Creates an additional exemption to discrimination in housing law. Adds sexual orientation and familial status as protected statuses in anti-blockbusting law.	JUD
HB 2894 (HSCR128-04)	RELATING TO ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY. Requires a seller to disclose to a buyer the existence, if any, of legal or traditional public access whenever a piece of real property is put up for sale.	WLH/AGR, JUD
HB 1743 HD1 (HSCR110-04)	RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Authorizes BLNR to prohibit residential properties from shining artificial lights onto adjacent shorelines and nearshore waters of state conservation districts as designated under chapter 183C, HRS, and special management areas as designated under chapter 205A, HRS. (HB1743 HD1)	EEP/WLH, JUD

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Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa

Chair