HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY |
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Rep. Tommy Waters, Chair |
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Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
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Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 |
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TIME: |
2:00pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 362 (HSCR58) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. Allows for the immediate removal of a motor vehicle from the scene of an accident where no serious, substantial, or bodily injury has occurred.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 458 |
RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS. Improves the capacity of law enforcement agencies to locate and return missing persons by adopting new procedures and by using technology and databases.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 356 HD1 (HSCR87) |
RELATING TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. Establishes a motor vehicle violation that prohibits leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle. Requires the examiner of drivers to test driver's license applicants for knowledge of this offense (HB356 HD1).
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 676 |
RELATING TO ANIMALS. Creates a new offense of aggravated cruelty to pet animals. Provides penalties.
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JUD |
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HB 1661 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Amends the definition of "strong compulsion" to include the use or attempt to use a controlled substance to overcome a person.
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JUD |
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HB 190 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Requires life imprisonment without parole for a second conviction of sexual assault against a minor under age 11.
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JUD |
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HB 583 |
RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS. Extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of class A, B, and C felony sexual offenses committed against minors.
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JUD |
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HB 340 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Authorizes the court at sentencing to require a person convicted of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release from prison.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1493 (HSCR49) |
RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION. Exempts existing and new employees of the commission for crime victim compensation from civil service law as established in chapter 76.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 516 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS. Provides that repeat sexual offenders who have been convicted on two prior and separate occasions for an offense under section 707-730, 707-731, 707-732, or 707-733.6 shall be placed on lifetime parole upon release from prison. Allows a repeat sexual offender placed on lifetime parole to initiate a special proceeding to challenge the applicability of lifetime parole.
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JUD |
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HB 1792 HD1 (HSCR216) |
RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE. Establishes and appropriates funds for a review of pilot studies being conducted in other states on use of the PROMETA treatment protocol to address the withdrawal cravings of crystal methamphetamine addicts, and a plan to adopt the PROMETA treatment protocol, if the review is favorable, as an alternative drug abuse treatment program for persons convicted of substance abuse or related offenses. (HB1792 HD1)
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 963 HD1 (HSCR102) |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits government contracts under $1,000,000 and exclusively for the services of architects, engineers, surveyors, or landscape architects from requiring the contractor to defend the government from any liability arising out of the contractor's performance under the contract. (HB963 HD1)
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EDB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1590 HD1 (HSCR250) |
RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. Authorizes plaintiff to offer to resell property to defendant for current appraised value or condemnation price plus cost of environmental remediation or cleanup or other improvements if property taken in eminent domain is not used for the purpose for which it was condemned for five years. (HB1590 HD1)
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1757 (HSCR159) |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides relief to the property motor carrier industry from certain vehicle gross weight requirements and penalties.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1587 |
RELATING TO UNMARRIED COUPLES. Ensures parity between unmarried couples and married couples by extending the benefits provided under the State's employer-union health benefits trust fund to reciprocal beneficiaries.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
The following measures are for decision making only, no public testimony will be accepted.
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HB 661 |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Creates comprehensive public funding for elections to the state house of representatives; establishes qualifications, limitations on funding and use of funds, reporting requirements, amends chapter 11, part XII to reflect changes.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1130 |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Revises various campaign spending reporting deadlines. Amends definitions of "contribution" and "expenditure". Increases amount that may be spent per voter for state and county elections and adds prosecuting attorney as an election subject to spending limitation per voter.
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JUD |
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HB 1212 |
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Provides the judiciary budget for the 2007-2009 biennium.
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JUD, FIN |
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 40 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 422, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
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