THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

 

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 8, 2018

TIME:

3:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2603

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

Requires any report of a study or an audit enacted with a legislative appropriation and conducted by an executive department or agency, including the Hawaii health systems corporation, and by the legislative reference bureau, auditor, judiciary, or Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to be submitted to the senate president, speaker of the house, chairs of the appropriate subject matter committee of each house, and the legislative reference bureau library.  Requires a public hearing or informational briefing within one year of receipt of report, except if extension granted to the hearing or briefing requirement by the senate president or speaker of the house of representatives or if the requirement is waived by the senate president or speaker of the house of representative.

 

GVO, WAM

SB 2604

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to develop a spreadsheet informing members of the legislature on the status and content of all reports to be submitted to the legislature as required by law or requested by legislative resolution.  Requires the legislative reference bureau to inform the legislature of all annual and other reports required by law to be submitted to the legislature or requested by legislative resolution that were not timely submitted.

 

GVO, WAM

SB 2597

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GIFTS.

Establishes procedures for the custody, inventory, and care of protocol gifts received by legislators on behalf of the State or either house of the legislature.

 

GVO, JDC

SB 3092

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO OPEN GOVERNMENT.

Requires the office of information practices to resolve all public complaints about noncompliance with chapter 92F and part I of chapter 92 within six months from the date the office of information practices receives the complaint.

 

GVO, JDC

SB 2055

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

Requires the Governor to provide written notice to the Senate, no later than the forty-first day of a regular legislative session, of the name of any gubernatorial nominee for an executive branch position that is subject to the Senate's advice and consent. 

 

GVO

SB 2257

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that revenue estimates provided by DOTAX to the legislature or to any executive or administrative office be accompanied by a description of the methodology used and assumptions made in providing the estimate.  Requires that the estimate and description be open to public disclosure.

 

GVO, WAM

SB 2661

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goals and indicators.

 

GVO, WAM

 

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 Donna Mercado Kim

Chair