THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2023

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

TIME:

3:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

GVO

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

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SB 232

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.

Requires procurement officers, when assessing an offeror's responsibility, to require the offeror to submit answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire.  Establishes certain questions that must be included in the questionnaire.  Requires offerors to submit the questionnaire on an annual basis to be prequalified as responsible for projects by the procurement office.  Provides that the information furnished in response to the questionnaire shall be available for public inspection and duplication.

 

GVO, JDC

SB 387

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires governmental bodies to obtain written approval from the Administrator of the State Procurement Office to cancel invitations for bids, requests for proposals, or other solicitations, or reject bids or proposals.  Prohibits post-award remedial actions to be taken unless approved in writing by the Administrator of the State Procurement Office.

 

GVO, JDC/WAM

SB 509

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION.

Requires each executive branch department to:  identify existing and planned facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding impacts, and natural hazards; assess options for mitigation impacts of sea level rise to existing and planned facilities; establish staff level points of contact to improve interagency coordination for sea level rise adaptation, flooding, and resilience; and submit annual reports to the Governor, Legislature, and Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission.

 

GVO, WAM

SB 699

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL TOURS.

Requires the Lieutenant Governor to administer and facilitate a Hawaii State Capitol Tours Program.  Appropriates funds.

 

GVO, WAM

SB 720

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Adds an exception to mandatory disclosure of government records for deliberative and pre-decisional government inter-agency or intra-agency records concerning an agency decision about a government action.  From July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027, requires agencies to report their use of the exception to the Office of Information Practices.  Requires the Office of Information Practices to convene a working group to examine agency use of the exception and report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2029.

 

GVO, JDC

SB 749

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to assist in effectuating this requirement.

 

GVO, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

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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