OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 26

15th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 10, 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

 

 

 

 

HR38

REQUESTING THE INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP OF THE ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF TRASH AT NORTH SCHOOL STREET AND RICHARD LANE IN KALIHI AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE AREA.

 

EEP, JUD

HCR81

REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE COMMISSION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE BY A PARENT, TO ASSESS THE USE AND APPLICATION OF SECTION 571-46, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

 

HUS, JUD, LMG

HCR82

REQUESTING THE INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP OF THE ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF TRASH AT NORTH SCHOOL STREET AND RICHARD LANE IN KALIHI AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE AREA.

 

EEP, JUD

SB2286, SD1

RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.

Extends sunset date and reporting dates to legislature of long term care commission.  (SD1)

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

SB2449

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Makes the statutory requirements for provisional driver's licenses for persons under the age of eighteen permanent.

 

TRN, JUD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB1914

RELATING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY REDUCTION TASK FORCE.

Establishes a joint legislative economic opportunity poverty reduction task force to advance economic opportunity to reduce by at least 50% by 2020, the number of Hawaii residents, including children and families, living in poverty.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1947

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Repeals applicability of state income tax to rollovers made by employees of state and county agencies and tax exempt organizations from qualifying annuity plans and qualify ing deferred compensation plans to eligible retirement plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

FIN

HB2153

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Assesses a surcharge tax on all soft drinks sold in the State.

 

FIN

HB2206, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

Establishes a task force to evaluate the current state of health savings accounts options in Hawaii's health insurance market and to explore ways to expand access to these accounts in Hawaii.  (HB2206 HD1)

 

HLT, FIN

HB2702

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Applies contribution rates schedules E and F to calendar years 2010 and 2011, respectively, notwithstanding the ratio of the current reserve fund to the adequate reserve fund.  Requires assessments upon employers to avoid federal penalties on outstanding loan balances on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor when the balance in the unemployment compensation fund is insufficient to pay expected benefit claims.  Permanently retains the adequate reserve fund at one times the product of the benefit cost rate multiplied by the total remuneration paid.  Keeps the maximum weekly benefit amount at 75% of the average weekly wage, but reduces the maximum weekly benefit amount over the potential twenty-six week period of benefit eligibility.  Changes from annual to semi-annual the contribution rate schedules for unemployment contributions.

 

FIN

HB2832

RELATING TO TARO SECURITY.

Directs the department of agriculture to seek funding for projects that increase the cultivation and use of non-GMO Hawaiian taro.  Repealed on 06/30/2015.

 

FIN

HB2837

RELATING TO TARO.

Directs the task force to determine sources of funding for projects that will encourage taro cultivation.  Extends the final report deadline for the taro security and purity task force by 2 years.

 

FIN