THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

DATE:

Friday, February 23, 2018

TIME:

10:55 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2337
(SSCR2427)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.
Requires that all state and county agency contractors that dispose of liquid or solid waste to provide a receipt that the waste was received and disposed of at a licensed facility before full payment is made for those contractual services.  Allows for partial payment to be made without a receipt and prior to any dumping of waste.  Prohibits alteration or falsification of receipts.

GVO/AEN/CPH, WAM

SB3028
(SSCR2262)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.
Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services (DHS) for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving the public assistance.  Requires DHS to disregard passed through child support payments when determining the needs of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance.

HMS, WAM

SB2751 SD1
(SSCR2517)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS.
Amends section 201-76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to expressly place the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.  Deletes the executive director of the space center as a member of the board and adds the Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  Establishes a ceiling of $1,000,000 for the Pacific international space center for exploration systems special fund.  Repeals the office of aerospace development and transfers all rights, powers, functions, and duties to the Pacific international space center for exploration systems.  (SD1)

HRE/ETT, WAM

SB2988 SD1
(SSCR2112)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE.
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to include in its annual report to the legislature a section that details program outcomes.  Appropriates $4,000,000 for implementation of the Kupuna Caregivers Program.  (SD1)

CPH/HMS, WAM

SB2237 SD1
(SSCR2513)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the Department of Education all property upon which a public elementary or intermediate school is situated.  Gives the Department of Education power to acquire and hold title to real, personal, or mixed property for use for public educational purposes.  Requires legislative approval prior to the sale or gift of lands to which the Department of Education holds title.  (SD1)

EDU/WTL, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6800.