OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 19

14TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HHS -  Health & Human Services

HSG -  Housing

IAC -   Intrastate Commerce

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

VMI -   Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

HR17

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION INITIATIVES.

 

HHS/EDN, FIN

 

HR18

REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON IMPOSING MANDATORY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TO RESOLVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DISPUTES.

 

CPC, FIN

 

HR19

URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADD $4,000,000 TO FUND ADULT DENTAL SERVICES TO THE EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR.

 

HHS, FIN

 

HR20

URGING HAWAIIAN AIRLINES TO CEASE OUTSOURCING CALL CENTER OPERATIONS TO THE PHILIPPINES AND TO RETURN THESE OPERATIONS TO HAWAII.

 

EDB

 

HCR21

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHINA-HAWAII COLLEGE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN SHANXI UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

 

VMI, HED, FIN

 

HCR22

REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON IMPOSING MANDATORY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TO RESOLVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DISPUTES.

 

CPC, FIN

 

HCR23

URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADD $4,000,000 TO FUND ADULT DENTAL SERVICES TO THE EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR.

 

HHS, FIN

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB898, HD1

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires franchisees to disclose their non-participation in advertising campaigns of the franchisor in which discounts or promotions are offered.  Prohibits franchisors from limiting or restricting the disclosures.  (HB898 HD1)

 

CPC

HB1688, HD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for surveying, testing, and treating rat lungworm disease in animals and for researching, developing, and supporting aquaponics.  (HB1688 HD1)

 

AGR/HHS, FIN

HB1813, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a three-year pilot program to create a new category of professional licensure for assistant physicians, through which recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program may work under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide primary care in medically underserved areas.  (HB1813 HD1)

 

HHS/IAC, CPC, FIN

HB1841, HD1

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Requires benchmarking for all nonresidential buildings. Resulting benchmarking data will be disclosed to a prospective buyer, lessee, or lender.  (HB1841 HD1)

 

EEP, CPC

HB2259

RELATING TO MARINE EVENTS.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to allow applications for marine event permits up to one year in advance and to adopt rules to mitigate hazards posed by vessels, thrill craft, drones, and other means used by spectators to observe or record marine events.  Requires a report to the 2019 Legislature.

 

OMH, FIN