THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senator David Y. Ige, Chair
Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013

DATE:

Friday, February 22, 2013

TIME:

10:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB564 SD1
(SSCR419)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HAWAII-GROWN PRODUCE.
Establishes a working group within the department of agriculture to, among other things, develop the parameters of and implement a demonstration model in which a state facility utilizes locally-grown produce for consumption and to advise the department of agriculture on the feasibility of implementing the demonstration model at other state facilities.  Makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture.  (SD1)

AGL/EDU, WAM

SB718 SD1
(SSCR428)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation to establish the HI Growth Initiative, an investment program to develop and ecosystem to support high-growth entrepreneurial companies in the State.  Requires an annual report to the legislature.  (SD1)

EGH, WAM

SB390 SD1
(SSCR231)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to be expended by the department of human services for non-school hour positive youth programs, an UPLINK administrator in the department of education, and other UPLINK staffing needs.  (SD1)

HMS, WAM

SB1340 SD1
(SSCR299)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO FOSTER CARE.
Establishes the young adult voluntary foster care program to care for and supervise eligible foster youth until their twenty-first birthdays.  Takes effect 1/1/2014.  (SD1)

HMS, WAM

SB708 SD1
(SSCR293)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
Repeals the requirement that state and county agencies and nonprofit land conservation organizations that receive legacy land funding must provide easements, deed restrictions, or covenants to county and federal natural resource conservation agencies.  (SD1)

WTL/AGL, WAM

SB69 SD1
(SSCR334)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Requires county police departments to fingerprint, photograph, and perform background checks on individuals who wish to register a firearm that was procured out-of-state.  Authorizes the police departments to assess a fee for conducting a fingerprint check and specifies the amount of the fee.  Appropriates funds to the county police departments to develop gun safety programs, including offering gun safety education and training; performing extensive background checks for mental health concerns for certain individuals wishing to register guns; and initiating a gun buy-back program.  (SD1)

PSM, WAM

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.

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