HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Chair

Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair

Rep. Della Au Belatti	Rep. Chris Lee
Rep. Tom Brower	Rep. Clift Tsuji
Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla	Rep. Jessica Wooley
Rep. Mele Carroll	Rep. Bob McDermott
Rep. Ken Ito	Rep. Cynthia Thielen
Rep. Derek S.K. Kawakami

CORRECTED NOTICE OF HEARING

This hearing has been cancelled and re-scheduled for Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m., Conference Room 325.  If you have already submitted testimony for this Agenda you do not need to re-submit the same testimony.

DATE:	Friday, March 22, 2013
TIME:	2:00 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 978 (SSCR487) Status	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Imposes a mandatory sentence of one year of imprisonment on a defendant convicted of cruelty to animals in the second degree involving five or more pet animals in any one instance.	JUD
SB 529, SD1 (HSCR1015) Status	RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Prohibits family courts from awarding a natural parent custody of or visitation with a child if the natural parent has been convicted of rape or sexual assault and the child was conceived as a result of that offense.  Authorizes the family courts to terminate parental rights, with respect to a child, of a convicted natural parent who has been convicted of rape or sexual assault and the child was conceived as a result of the rape or sexual assault.  (SD1)	HUS, JUD
SB 88, SD1, HD1 (HSCR1000) Status	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits possessing open liquor containers in the common areas in public housing projects.  Adds "state low-income housing project" to the definition of public housing project for purposes of liquor control.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (SB88 HD1)	HSG, JUD
SB 68, SD1 (SSCR496) Status	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Allows judges discretion in setting incarceration terms when sentencing drug offenders in certain class B and class C felony cases to make the length of the sentence proportionate to the offense and related conduct.  Excludes certain offenses.  (SD1)	JUD
SB 3, SD1, HD1 (HSCR1019) Status	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Provides for the election of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs board members through a system of nonpartisan primary and general elections to begin with the 2014 elections.  (SB3 HD1)	OMH, JUD
HCR 106 / HR 81 Status / Status	URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO GRANT FULL VOTING RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.	JUD
HCR 34 / HR 19 Status / Status	URGING THE COUNTIES TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF CARBON MONOXIDE TO EUTHANIZE ANIMALS.	JUD
HCR 18, HD1 (HSCR931) Status	REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO ADVISE THE SPECIAL ACTION TEAM ON THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS NECESSARY FOR FELONY CASES.	HLT/HUS, JUD
HCR 10 Status	REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PROPOSE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S HOLDING RELATING TO CORPORATE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.	JUD
HCR 6 (HSCR929) Status	COMMEMORATING THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC LAW 103-150, RECOGNIZING THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECONCILIATION AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, REAFFIRMING THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO FURTHER THE SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS.	OMH, JUD

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

· The date and time of the hearing; and

· Measure number. 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.  Those wishing to provide oral testimony will be limited to two minutes.

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  3 copies (including an original) to Room 438 in the State Capitol;

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Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

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Rep. Karl Rhoads

Chair