THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

COMMITTEE ON LABOR

Senator Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009

DATE:	Tuesday, March 24, 2009
TIME:	2:45pm
PLACE:	Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Thursday, March 19, 2009)

HB 982, HD3 Testimony	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Establishes a new data collection system for family leave.  Appropriates funds from the disability benefits special fund.  (HB982 HD3)	LBR, WAM
HB 111 Testimony	RELATING TO STATE SALARIES. Establishes a two year statute of limitations for recovering indebtedness to State through withholding of state salary.	LBR, WAM
HB 31 Testimony	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Establishes employer's use of individual's credit history in hiring and termination decisions as an unlawful discriminatory practice.	LBR
	(Measure Deferred from Monday, March 23, 2009)
HB 643, HD2 Testimony	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Authorizes the Contractors License Board to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a contractor's license for employing a worker on a public work project who is ineligible to work in the United States under federal law.  (HB643 HD2)	CPN/LBR, JGO [Measure added 03-23-09]
(The committee on CPN held its decision making on Monday, March 23, 2009)
HB 541, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL. Ensures that civil service benefits for department of education civil service employees are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies until 6/30/12. (HB541 HD1)	LBR/EDH, WAM [Measure added 03-23-09]
(The committee on EDH held its decision making on Monday, March 23, 2009.)
HB 690, HD2 Testimony	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers that offer health care coverage to the regular employees of any group or association to offer the same coverage to part-time employees working a certain amount of hours per week and for a minimum length of time, if a minimum percentage of the part-time employees agree to purchase coverage.  Requires the Insurance Commissioner to submit a cost-benefit report to the Legislature.  Effective 07/01/2020.  (HB690 HD2)	HTH/LBR, CPN [Measure added 03-24-09]
(The committee on HTH held its decision making on Monday, March 23, 2009)

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7335.