Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa
Ka ‘Aha ‘Ōlelo Kanakolu
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
‘Aha Kau Kānāwai 2019
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
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Ke Kōmike Ho‘okolokolo |
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Kenekoa/Senator Karl Rhoads, Luna Ho‘omalu/Chair |
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Kenekoa/Senator Glenn Wakai, Hope Luna Ho‘omalu/Vice Chair |
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Ke Kōmike Ki‘ina Hana a me nā Kumuwaiwai |
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
‘Ōlelo Ho‘olaha No Ka Ho‘oholo Mana‘o ‘Ana
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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Lā / DATE: |
Pō‘alua, Pepeluali 26, 2019 / Tuesday, February 26, 2019 |
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Hola / TIME: |
10:05 am |
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Wahi / PLACE: |
Lumi ‘Aha Kūkā 211 / Conference Room 211 Ke Kapikala Moku‘āina / State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
Papa Kumuhana
Ua pau ka/nā pila ma lalo nei i ka ho‘olohe ‘ia e nā kōmike i pili i ke/nā kumuhana o ia (mau) pila:
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE OFFICE. Establishes the Hawaii state energy office. Establishes the deputy director of energy. Makes the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission permanent and places it within DBEDT. Repeals the energy security special fund and ends funding for the Hawaii clean energy initiative from the energy security special fund. Appropriates funds from the general fund for the Hawaii state energy office. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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AEN/EET/WTL, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits food service businesses and stores from the sale, use, or distribution of polystyrene foam containers, expanded polystyrene food service products, plastic straws, and plastic bags. Takes effect 7/1/2021. (SD1)
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AEN/CPH, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO PLASTIC. Prohibits the purchase, use, sale, or distribution of plastic beverage bottles, utensils, stirring sticks, polystyrene foam containers, and straws by state and county agencies after July 1, 2021, and by businesses selling food and beverages after July 1, 2022. Bans the distribution or sale of plastic bags after July 1, 2023. Creates the plastic source reduction working group to make recommendations for eliminating single-use plastic packaging. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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AEN/CPH, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO MARINE AQUARIUM FISHING. Prohibits any person from possessing a fine-mesh net or fine-mesh trap on their person or within a vessel within state marine waters or on or about the shore where fish can be taken and imposes a $5,000 fine for violations. Places a two-year moratorium on the commercial capture of aquatic life for aquarium purposes or under a commercial marine license through use of fine-mesh nets or fine-mesh traps. Requires the research corporation of the university of Hawaii (RCUH) to evaluate the impacts of the department of land and natural resources' issuance of commercial aquarium permits on the island of Oahu and West Hawaii. Requires a cultural impact assessment in coordination with the office of Hawaiian affairs and Native Hawaiian cultural organizations. Requires the RCUH to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the regular session of 2020. Requires the governor to accept the EIS no later than twenty days prior to the regular session of 2021. Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish a marine aquarium fishing advisory group. Makes an appropriation. Repeals 6/30/2021. (SD1)
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WTL, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING PRODUCTS. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices containing e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of funds collected from excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs about the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. Effective 1/1/2020. (SD1)
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CPH, JDC/WAM |
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He hālāwai ho‘oholo mana‘o wale nō, ‘a‘ohe ‘ōlelo hō‘ike ha‘i waha e ‘ae ‘ia.
Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
‘O nā kānaka i makemake e waiho mai i ‘ōlelo hō‘ike i kikokiko/kākau ‘ia, hiki nō a hiki i 24 hola ma mua o ka ho‘omaka ‘ana o ka hālāwai ho‘oholo mana‘o.
Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.
E waiho mai i kāu ‘ōlelo hō‘ike no ke Kōmike Ho‘okolokolo ma o ke kaomi ‘ana ma ‘ane‘i.
Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
No Nā Papa ‘Ōlelo Ho‘olaha I Ho‘ololi ‘Ia: Kahawaena ‘ia nā pila i kāpae ‘ia a kahalalo ‘ia nā pila i pāku‘i ‘ia. Kahawaena ‘ia me ke kahalalo pū ‘ia nā pila i kāpae ‘ia mai ka papa kumumana‘o.
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.
No nā mea pono kōkua unuhi, a i ‘ole kekahi mau mea lawelawe ‘ē a‘e no ke komo ‘ana i nā hanana ma ka ‘aha ho‘olohe, e kāhea aku i ke kākau ‘ōlelo kōmike he 24 hola ma ka li‘ili‘i loa ma mua o ka ‘aha ho‘olohe i mea e hiki ai ke ho‘omākaukau pono.
If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.
No Ka ‘Ike ‘Ē A‘e, E Kelepona Aku I Ke Kākau ‘Ōlelo Kōmike Ma (808) 586-6130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6130.
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_____________________________________ Kenekoa/ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Luna Ho‘omalu/Chair |
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_____________________________________ Kenekoa/Senator Karl Rhoads Luna Ho‘omalu/Chair |