HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Rep. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair |
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Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Denny Coffman |
Rep. George R. Fontaine |
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Rep. Robert N. Herkes |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
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TIME: |
2:00 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 SHARK FEEDING. Establishes administrative fines for shark feeding. (HB578 HD1)
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Restricts hunting to areas on public land where hunting is permitted or to areas on private land where the landowner has granted written permission. Allows transport and possession of firearms and ammunition in areas where hunting is permitted. Requires hunters to obtain written permission from landowners to hunt on private lands. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB1950 HD1)
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Prohibits members of the land use commission from voting on action taken by the commission if there is a conflict of interest. (HB1730 HD1)
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Temporarily amends chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes to clarify current exemptions for secondary actions and require that applicants prepare environmental assessments when required. Effective July 1, 2012. Repeal on July 1, 2013. (HB2611 HD1)
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TRN, EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS. Amends the definition of "sailing school vessel" to mean, among other things, a vessel that is in compliance with the Federal Code of Regulations, Title 46, Part 169.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE. Requires an employer with twenty or more employees to make reasonable efforts to provide a clean location for breastfeeding employees to express breast milk in privacy. Requires covered employers to post a notice pertaining to this provision in a conspicuous location. Establishes a civil fine of $50 for the failure of an employer to provide a location or post notice. (HB2228 HD1)
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO CIVIL LIABILITY. Exempts the owners of private property from liability for injury, death, loss, or damage suffered by another if the person was allowed on the premises due to an emergency, unless it was intentionally inflicted or occurred by the gross negligence of the private property owner or an agent of the private property owner.
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RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Amends the offense of violation of privacy in the second degree under section 711-1111, HRS, to exclude surveillance of another person in a stage of undress or sexual activity because that conduct is prohibited by the offense of privacy in the first degree under section 711-1110.9, HRS.
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RELATING TO PROMOTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Extends prohibition of promoting a controlled substance in, on, or near schools, school vehicles, or public parks to include public housing projects and complexes.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Prohibits a candidate from using contributions to pursue nomination and election to another state or county office without the contributor's consent.
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts a person serving on a task force, working group, or other similar entities established by the legislature for the purpose of recommending possible legislation from the conflict of interest law under the state ethics code and clarifies that an employee, as defined in the ethics code, does not include such persons. (HB2175 HD1)
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. Deems elected state or county officers to have resigned from office upon registering with the campaign spending commission as a candidate for another elective state, county, or federal office with a term that begins during the term of the office currently held.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Implements the Legislature's constitutional authority to take action against disorderly or contemptuous behavior at the Legislature. Effective July 1, 2034. (HB2751 HD1)
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS. Exempts the county councils from the Sunshine Law.
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RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS CONCERNING APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS OF HUMAN SERVICES AFTER AN IN CAMERA REVIEW BY THE COURT. Allows the Department of Human Services to disclose confidential records pursuant to a court order, after an in camera review of the records by the court, upon a showing of good cause by the party seeking the release of the records. (HB2537 HD1)
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Includes the date that services for remuneration were first performed as information to be provided to the Child Support Enforcement Agency through the new hire reporting process. Establishes notice and time limit requirements for employers or unions in receipt of notice regarding health insurance for a dependent child. (HB2441 HD1)
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Extends procedures for impoundment and forfeiture for cruelty to animal offense to equines to the same extent as pet animals.
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RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE. Prohibits the purchase, sale, transportation, and delivery of any product, item, or substance containing, labeled, or advertised as containing bear gallbladders or bile.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. Criminalizes the consumption of or trafficking in dog, cat or equine animal meat for the purpose of human consumption.
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RELATING TO LEASES. Requires lessors of commercial and industrial property to afford lessees the option of renewing their leases. Requires, in leasehold renegotiations, that a rent based on fair market value shall apply even if that value is lower than existing rent and the lease contract bars the lowering of rent upon renegotiation. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB1829 HD1)
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ERB, JUD |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits planned community associations and their boards of directors from: (1) Disallowing a member's or their bona fide tenant from displaying house-mounted United States and State of Hawaii flags on their residential dwellings; and (2) Assessing or charging any fee or fine, or imposing any penalty, on their members, for house-mounted display of these flags. Requires the flags to be displayed in a prominent position on the residential dwelling. (HB69 HD1)
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HSG, JUD |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
DECISION MAKING ONLY
The following measure was previously heard on February 16, 2012. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Creates a cause of action against any person who maintains a property nuisance that causes injury or damage to the person or property of another person.
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________________________________________ Rep. Gilbert Keith-Agaran Chair |