THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2020

SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COVID-19

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Member

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Member

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Member

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Member

Senator Kurt Fevella, Member

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:	Wednesday, December 9, 2020
TIME:	1:00 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

THE STATE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 EPIDEMIC

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available online.

Selected hearings will also be broadcast live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media.

Click here for the live stream of this meeting (link available shortly before the scheduled start time).

A G E N D A

The special committee will convene to assess and advise the Senate regarding the Safe Travels Program, the Safe Travels website, and the quarantine exemption process for essential workers.  The special committee will be meeting with the following:

1:00 p.m.      Office of the Governor

                     Dr. Joshua Green, Lieutenant Governor

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency 

                     Major General Kenneth Hara, Incident Commander

     Kuakini Medical Center

     Dr. Darragh O'Carroll, Emergency Medicine Physician and Every1ne Founder

County of Hawaii

     Mayor Mitch Roth

County of Maui

     Mayor Michael Victorino

                     City and County of Honolulu

     Mayor Kirk Caldwell

County of Kauai

     Mayor Derek Kawakami 

Office of Enterprise Technology Services

                     Mr. Douglas Murdock, Chief Information Officer

                     Office of the Attorney General

                     Ms. Clare Connors, Attorney General

No public testimony will be accepted.

The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

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 CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair

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Senator Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate