HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair |
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Rep. Ryan I. Yamane, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Blake K. Oshiro |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
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TIME: |
2:05 pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CONSUMER INFORMATION. Requires bread products that have been baked and then frozen to be labeled "previously frozen". Prohibits bread that has been frozen to be labeled or advertised as "fresh".
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CPC |
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RELATING TO COFFEE. Restricts the use of the geographic origin of Hawaii-grown coffee on coffee labels. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB1552 HD1)
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AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the PUC to consider the need to reduce the State's reliance on fossil fuels through energy efficiency. Allows the PUC to take the consequences of importing fuel into consideration when making determinations about costs of capital improvements and operations.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Exempts third-party customer-generated renewable energy systems from the definition of public utility. Directs the PUC to monitor the impact of net energy metering, including accounting of costs and benefits on electric utility ratepayers to minimize adverse impacts and to include information from both the utility and the renewable energy provider in the monitoring. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1520 HD1)
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Exempts from insurance code, associations (1) organized before 1880; (2) whose members are active, retired, or honorably discharged members of the U.S. armed forces or sea services; and (3) whose principal purpose is to provide insurance and other benefits to their members.
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PBM, CPC |
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RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. Requires each hospital within the State to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice within the full scope of the practice.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE EXAMINATIONS. Amends the requirements of licensure for dental hygienists by specifying that the passage of the National Dental Hygiene Examination is a requirement for licensure.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PREPAID HEALTH CARE. Repeals part V of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act and Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, relating to the future termination of the prepaid health care law. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1134 HD1)
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HLT, CPC |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
DECSION MAKING ONLY
The following measure was heard on Monday, January 31, 2011. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE RECORDS. Exempts insurance producers from keeping records of insurance transactions for motor vehicle and homeowners' insurance contracts where records are customarily maintained in the offices of the insurer.
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CPC |
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number; and
· The number of copies the Committee is requesting.
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Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: 1 (one) copy (including an original) to Room 320 in the State Capitol;
FAX: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-8404 (for Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islanders without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web);
EMAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to CPCtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov ; or
WEB: For comments less than 4MB in size, transmit from the Web page at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
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________________________________________ Rep. Robert N. Herkes Chair |