KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair |
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Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair |
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Senator Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
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TIME: |
9:10 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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TIMESLOT: |
CPN |
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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PET SALES. Beginning January 1, 2025, establishes provisions relating to retail pet sales. Authorizes retail pet stores to showcase pet animals owned by a nonprofit animal welfare organization.
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CPN/AEN, JDC |
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RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. Prohibits animal owners and their employees from performing any surgical procedures on the owner's dog or dogs.
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AEN/CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES. Establishes an electric vehicle battery recycling and disposal program. Prohibits disposal of propulsion batteries as solid waste. Prohibits producers of propulsion batteries from refusing propulsion batteries for reuse, remanufacturing, repurposing, or recycling. Establishes producer responsibility for propulsion batteries embedded into vehicles or sold separately in the State or through remote sale. Authorizes the Department of Health to inspect any place, building, or premise and issue warnings and citations for failure to comply. Establishes requirements for a battery management plan. Establishes fines.
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AEN/CPN, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish, implement, and administer a Meat and Poultry Inspection Program and annually report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the establishment, implementation, and administration of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.
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AEN/CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS. Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the label of a consumer package of raw or processed macadamia nuts. Allows a private right of action for violations.
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AEN/CPN, JDC |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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Please note the following:
· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.
· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.
If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf
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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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_____________________________________ Senator Mike Gabbard Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Jarrett Keohokalole Chair |