HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
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Rep. Chris Lee, Chair |
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Rep. Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Calvin K.Y. Say |
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Rep. Richard P. Creagan |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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TIME: |
3:00pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda: HB557 HD1
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Transportation to use electric guns while performing their duties. Requires law enforcement officers of DOT to be accredited by June 30, 2024, for the use of electric guns.
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PVM/TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to purchase the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. (HB1177 HD1)
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PVM/LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PRETRIAL REFORM. Implements recommendations of the Criminal Pretrial Task Force convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 134, House Draft 1, Regular Session of 2017. (HB1289 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL RELEASE. Creates a medical release program within the Department of Public Safety for certain ill, disabled, and geriatric inmates who pose a low risk to public safety. (HB629 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Creates a position for an Oversight Coordinator for the Commission. Transfers all rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Reentry Commission and Corrections Population Management Commission to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. (HB1552 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BAIL. Authorizes a defendant in custody to petition a court for unsecured bail. (HB175 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS SERVICES. Provides that a surviving, unmarried, same-sex partner of a deceased veteran may be interred at any state veterans cemetery if the surviving partner provides written evidence that the couple would have married but for a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage. (HB671 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a minimum-security housing program in a county with a population of more than 750,000 for short-term adult offenders. Provides capacity for a furlough program. Appropriates funds. (HB1551 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the Director of Public Safety to develop policies and procedures to govern the use of force, including training and equipment, by deputy sheriffs. Requires the Director to consider requiring nonlethal use of force training. Encourages the Department of Public Safety to maintain training activity records. Appropriates funds. (HB456 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. To improve and enhance the effectiveness of the State Emergency Management Program through modifications and additions to the Hawaii Revised Statute Chapter 127A. (HB993 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Establishes the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center within the University of Hawaii to research strategies to prevent gun violence. Creates a special fund to support the Center. Appropriates funds. (HB1541 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety to pay for the temporary housing of 248 inmates at a non-state facility for the remaining six months of fiscal year 2019, during work on capital improvements to the Halawa Correctional Facility, under DAGS Job No. 12-27-5644 – security electronics and hardware repairs and improvements. (HB1038 HD1)
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and prohibits development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise. (HB549 HD1)
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EEP, JUD, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Chris Lee Chair |
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