HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Tommy Waters, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

TIME:

2:00pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 660

RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS.

Expands the jurisdiction of the circuit courts to include impeachment proceedings against county officers.

 

JUD

HB 1392

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Gives OIP the ability to render decisions.  Makes compliance by boards mandatory.  Allows OIP to obtain court enforcement of its decision.

 

JUD

HB 910

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.

Requires members of certain executive boards of state departments to file public financial disclosure statements with the commission.

 

JUD

HB 975

RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.

Reduces the value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee from $200 to $100.

 

JUD

HB 909

RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

Expands conflicts of interests section of state ethics code.

 

JUD

HB 976

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Expands the regulation of lobbyists to include the lobbying for administrative action extending beyond rulemaking.

 

JUD

HB 128

RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Allows two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members that would constitute a quorum, to discuss their individual positions relating to official board business at other board meetings, legislative public hearings, and at other events that include matters relating to official board business.

 

JUD

HB 994

RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.

Clarifies that in cases where a meeting has been duly noticed but a board fails to attain a quorum, the remaining members of the board may still receive testimony and presentations.

 

JUD

HB 849

RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.

Allows 2 or more members, but less than a quorum, of a board or commission to attend presentations, including meetings of other agencies, relating to official board business.  Authorizes informational presentations when a quorum is temporarily lost.

 

JUD

HB 1512

RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Authorizes public input at noticed neighborhood board meetings and discussion but not decision on those issues.  Allows two or more neighborhood board members, but less than a quorum, to attend meetings relating to board business. Clarifies neighborhood board actions on unanticipated events.

 

JUD

HB 714

HD1

(HSCR591)

RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

Allows the use of blue and red lights on approved law enforcement vehicles of the conservation and resource enforcement division, department of land and natural resources.  Amends the definition of authorized emergency vehicles. (HB714 HD1)

 

TRN, JUD

HB 964

HD1

(HSCR305)

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Requires that substance abuse testing be conducted according to the manufacturer's rather than the federal government's package insert.  Amends definition of "substance abuse on-site screening test" to include tests used for forensic testing as a workplace testing device. (HB964 HD1)

 

LAB, JUD

HB 1406

(HSCR408)

RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.

Expands the crimes of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first and second degrees to include situations in which an adult causes or permits a minor to inject, inhale or use a controlled substance that was not prescribed by a physician.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 464

HD1

(HSCR719)

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires recipients of state funding that provide sexual health education to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception.  Provides exemption to programs receiving federal funds that would lose those funds by complying with state requirement.

 

HLT, JUD

HB 1784

HD1

(HSCR536)

RELATING TO CRIME.

Creates the offense of human trafficking.  (HB1784 HD1)

 

HSH, JUD

HB 1836

RELATING TO GAMBLING.

Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration.

 

JUD

HB 1311

(HSCR190)

RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS.

Exempts foreign banks that are licensed under U.S. laws or any state which are supervised as financial institutions from the provisions of the Money Transmitters Act.

 

CPC, JUD

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Tommy Waters

Chair