THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS |
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Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair |
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Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, April 5, 2005 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure was previously heard on March 22 and deferred from April 1:
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HB 1747 HD1 (HSCR772) |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGNS. Establishes limits for campaign contributions to candidates, noncandidate committees, and political parties during specified election periods. Requires excess contributions to be returned to the original donor within thirty days of receipt of the donation, or the funds will escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund. Limits contributions from nonresident individuals and entities to no more than thirty percent of the total contributions received by a candidate or candidate's committee in an election period. Defines "surplus funds" and "residual funds". Requires candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to file campaign reports by electronic means beginning in 2006. Provides that a candidate does not have to file an organizational report if the candidate is seeking election to the same office in successive elections and does not have new information that must be updated in the report. Expands the public financing law and matches $2 for every $1 raised in excess of the minimum amount of qualifying campaign contributions needed to receive public funding. (HB1747 HD1) |
JHW |
The following measure was previously heard on March 28 and deferred from April 1
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GM 402 |
Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Commission on the Status of Women, Gubernatorial Nominee, BRANDI M.L. JIM ON, for a term to expire 06-30-2006. |
JHW |
The following measures were previously heard on March 30 and deferred from April 1:
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HB 1442 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1169) |
RELATING TO LATERAL PUBLIC ACCESS. Imposes an additional requirement for subdivision approval, i.e., subdividers and developers must provide a right-of-way or easement to connect existing or proposed shoreline access points for reasonable public access along the shoreline, unless precluded by topography, so the public and other cultural practitioners can easily and safely traverse shoreline areas. (SD1) |
WLA, JHW |
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HB 864 (SSCR1142) |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Extends the several counties' authority to regulate billboards and other outdoor advertising devices to include the airspace or waters beyond the boundaries of a county that are visible from any public place within the county. |
IGA, JHW |
The following measures were previously heard on April 1:
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HB 477 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1174) |
RELATING TO EXEMPTING ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FROM ATTACHMENT OR SEIZURE. Prohibits attachment, execution, and seizure of Roth IRA funds. (SD1) |
CPH, JHW |
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HB 164 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1100) |
RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED MOTION PICTURE RECORDING. Prohibits the use of audiovisual recording devices in a movie theater without prior consent of the movie theater operator. (SD1) |
MAT/CPH, JHW |
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HB 1550 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1201) |
RELATING TO STUDENTS. Authorizes DOE to permit its employees and agents to administer glucagon to diabetic students in an emergency. Establishes that DOE and its personnel are not liable for any injury from the emergency administration of glucagon to students. (SD1) |
EDM/HTH, JHW |
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HB 582 HD1 (SSCR1106) |
RELATING TO MISSING CHILD CENTER-HAWAII. Amends the name of the "Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children" to "Missing Child Center-Hawaii." (HB582 HD1) |
HMS, JHW |
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HB 938 HD1 (SSCR1111) |
RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Requires that the child protective review panel review proceedings taken prior to the issuance of a court order upon the request by the child's family and makes decision available to court in any subsequent proceedings. Adds persons who represent family interests to those who may be appointed to review panel. (HB938 HD1) |
HMS, JHW |
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HB 1734 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1088) |
RELATING TO DRUGS. Repeals section 46-15.39, Hawaii Revised Statutes, returning traditional zoning regulatory authority in residential zones back to the counties. Allows DOH to license all special treatment facilities and therapeutic living programs. (SD1) |
HTH/IGA, JHW |
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HB 1749 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1185) |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES. Directs the legislative reference bureau to periodically identify state laws outside the penal code relating to non-serious offenses that may be decriminalized and to draft legislation accordingly. (SD1) |
HRE, JHW |
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HB 551 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1141) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Allows two members of a board to discuss between themselves matters relating to official board business if the two members do not constitute a quorum of their board. Allows two members if they are not a quorum to also make presentations or testify at another board upon specified conditions. (SD1) |
IGA, JHW |
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HB 1306 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1122)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discriminating against an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave in accordance with a negotiated attendance policy. (SD1) |
LBR, JHW |
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HB 1214 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1125) |
RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES. Provides for the manner in which the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics on public work projects are to be established. Expands the definition of public works to include certain private construction contracts. (SD1) |
LBR/TGO, JHW |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7793.