THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 14, 2019 |
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10:00 AM |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO HEMP. Authorizes the department of agriculture to allow temporary inspectors to perform industrial hemp inspections and to deposit fees from inspections by temporary inspectors into the certification services revolving fund. Authorizes the department of agriculture to adopt an alternative method of sampling industrial hemp plants.
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a management and financial audit of the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO SURPLUS LINES. Amends the calculation of surplus lines insurance premium tax to tax the entirety of the premium using the rate established by Hawaii statute regardless of location of risk. Takes effect on 10/1/2019. (SD1)
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CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FILING FEE. Requires a party initiating a bid challenge to pay the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs a non-refundable filing fee for contracts with an estimated value of $500,000 or more.
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CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM. Specifies that unclaimed funds of $10 or less in the unclaimed property trust fund, upon the expiration of a ten-year time limitation, shall escheat to the State and transferred to the libraries special fund. Specifies that unclaimed funds of more than $10 but less than $250 in the unclaimed property trust fund, upon expiration of the ten-year time limitation, shall escheat to the State and be transferred to the general fund.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Establishes a general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for school supplies sold during the weekend two weeks prior to the start of the school year on condition that businesses pass the savings on to consumers. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Establishes a Workforce Readiness Program within the Department of Education to allow students to graduate from an extended high school enrollment with an industry-recognized associate's degree to complement the student's high school diploma. Appropriates moneys to develop and implement the program. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a K-12 curriculum-to-career-pipeline initiative to ensure that the State's public school students are adequately trained and prepared to enter the State's workforce upon graduation from high school. Appropriates funds.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for behavior analysis services performed by licensed behavior analysts for public school students. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to provide up to $1,690 to each special education classroom teacher for instructional materials and equipment. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes parents and guardians of vulnerable students and students exhibiting behavioral issues to request a clinical or psychoeducational evaluation. Requires the Department of Education, after expelling a student, to provide an assessment to receive special education services. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN. Limits the state librarian's salary to ninety per cent of the superintendent of education's salary.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Clarifies that any member of a state board or commission, whose nomination for appointment or reappointment is withdrawn by the governor for cause prior to the senate's action to advise and consent or not advise and consent, shall be considered disqualified, and in the case of the nomination for reappointment, be ineligible to continue to serve as a holdover member beyond the member's most recent term of appointment. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Requires agencies to maintain a website with a list of open non-confidential contested cases. Effective 7/1/2025. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO AN EARNED INCOME DISREGARD PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Extends the deadline for the department of human services to submit its report regarding the emergency homelessness assessment pilot program to twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020. Extends the expiration of the emergency homelessness assessment pilot program to June 30, 2020. Extends the deadline for the department of human services to submit its report regarding the medical respite pilot program to twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020. Extends the expiration of the medical respite pilot program to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2019.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Establishes a Child Welfare Services Task Force to review the Child Welfare Services Branch and examine best practices that will help to improve child care safety through the Branch. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES. Requires the Department of Agriculture to create a dollar-for-dollar matching program for beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase Hawaii-grown produce. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HMS/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Clarifies that jurors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable transportation costs to and from the court. Includes rail fare, bicycle rental, or taxi costs or other hired car service up to a specified maximum amount.
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME. Clarifies that reimbursement to crime victims includes lost earnings, mental health treatment, counseling, and therapy. Takes effect 7/1/2019. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO GARDENS. Authorizes the department of education and Hawaii community development authority to develop programs that provide incentives to establish gardens on school campuses and within housing projects and communities.
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HOU/EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO VISION ZERO. Requires the Department of Transportation to implement a vision zero program in Hawaii by 7/1/2020. Establishes a goal of no traffic fatalities or serious injuries by 2030.
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TRS, WAM |
Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.
Click here to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on 586-6800.
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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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