THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Senator Clayton Hee, Chair |
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
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9:30 A.M. |
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Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO APPOINT RETIRED JUDGES TO SERVE AS EMERITUS JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the chief justice of the supreme court to appoint judges who have retired upon attaining the age of seventy years as emeritus judges, permitting the appointed judges to serve as per diem judges or judicial mentors in courts no higher than the court level they reached prior to retirement and for terms not to exceed three months.
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JDL |
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[Measure deleted on 02-09-12] |
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE JUDICIARY. Makes a grant-in-aid to the judiciary for the hiring of 2 judges and necessary staff in the family court of the 1st judicial circuit, to conduct jury trials for misdemeanor domestic violence and domestic violence-related cases.
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Amends eligibility for probation to include second time offenders for certain drug offenses. Allows one-time expungement of drug conviction record for a person sentenced to probation without a previous sentence to probation for a drug offense. Reduces the time of probation from five to three years for class B and class C felonies, except sexual offenses and child abuse. Establishes incentive time credit for probationers to reduce time on probation. Increases threshold amount from $300 to $750 for theft in the second degree. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Authorizes a person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution to file a motion to vacate the judgment under certain circumstances; establishes procedures for the motion to vacate.
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JDL |
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RELATING TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES. Makes abusive conduct against an employee in the workplace a violation of occupational safety and health law.
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JDL, WAM |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Clayton Hee Chair |
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