OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 16

10th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EBM -  Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HAW - Hawaiian Affairs

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBS -   Public Safety

TCI -    Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs

TRN -  Transportation

WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

SB2266

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Requires the examiner of drivers to design and implement a system for allowing license applicants to voluntarily indicate their blood type on a driver's license.

 

HLT, TRN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB146

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT GAMBLING IN THE STATE.

Proposes to add a new section to article XVI of the state constitution to permit gambling in the State, in accordance with law.

 

JUD, FIN

HB745, HD1

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Increases general assistance program efficiency by eliminating the requirement to send a ten-day pending notice requesting additional medical evidence when a determination and certification is made that an applicant does not have a physical, mental, or combination of a physical and mental disability.  (HB745 HD1)

 

HUS, FIN

HB2691

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Allows smoking in properly permitted liquor establishments not to include restaurants.  Requires collection of smoking establishment permit fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2906

RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING.

Authorizes social workers, marriage and family therapists, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to engage in psychological testing, provided that they hold at least master's degrees.  Defines "psychological testing".

 

CPC

HB2918

RELATING TO KAKAAKO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Enables the Hawaii Community Development Authority to enter into development agreements.

 

WLO/HSG