THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Clayton Hee, Chair
Senator Maile Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2013

DATE:

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

TIME:

10:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1016
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF COVERED OFFENDERS.
Adds comparable foreign convictions and tribal convictions to covered offenses; makes offenders who are subject to sex offender registration or notification in their jurisdiction of conviction, covered offenders under Hawaii law; makes it clear that a covered offender must register and report the offender's permanent residence, current temporary residence, or if an address is not available, a description of the place or area in which the covered offender resides; amends the definition of "conviction" in section 846E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that conviction, for purposes of sex offender registration, occurs on the date judgment is entered; creates a tier classification for any covered sexual offenses that are not clearly included within the current tier classification law; addresses the problem of covered offenders who do not have registered residences to which the post office can deliver mail and cannot receive the ninety-day verification mailings by requiring these offenders to report in person once per month; and repeals the definitions of "mental abnormality, "personality disorder," and "predatory."

JDL

SB890
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
Authorizes the governor to appoint an acting member of the HLRB if a regular member is temporarily recused.

JDL

SB873
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS.
Amends the definition of "debt" in section 231-52, HRS, to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcement.  Removes court's authority to revoke restitution once ordered.  Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders.  Extends victims' access to adult probation records, to include access to payment compliance records, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders.  Requires that any bail posted by a defendant be applied toward payment of any court-ordered restitution in the same case.

JDL, WAM
[Measure added on 1/30/2013]

SB562
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO LEAVE.
Authorizes family school leave for employees of employers who employ an unspecified number of employees, provided certain requirements are met, so that employees may participate in their children's school activities.  Prohibits employers from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee for taking family school leave.  Allows for a civil penalty in an amount equal to three times the amount of the employee's lost wages and benefits in certain circumstances.

EDU/JDL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/1/2013]

SB1084
Status and Testimony

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs, as provided by law, to help the State meet its goal of providing an early learning system for the children of Hawaii.

EDU/JDL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/1/2013]

No testimony will be accepted.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7330.