THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 25, 2024

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

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

 

GM 504

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Acupuncture, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARTA REBELLA, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 616

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, ALAN INABA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 617

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, JOEL KUROKAWA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 518

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Chiropractic, Gubernatorial Nominee, RACHEL KLEIN, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 630

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, Gubernatorial Nominee, ASHLEY MARIE CORNELIO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 631

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, DESTINY IRVINE-HALAMA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 632

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, STEVEN CHOW, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 633

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawaii Board of Optometry, Gubernatorial Nominee, PETER SEARL, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 634

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, Gubernatorial Nominee, JERALD DOLAK, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 642

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawaii Medical Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, WESLEY MUN, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 643

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawaii Medical Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, MICHAEL JAFFE, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 644

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Dentistry, Gubernatorial Nominee, CRAIG YAMAMOTO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 649

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Contractors License Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, RUSSELL INOUYE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 650

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Contractors License Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, ALAN SHINTANI, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 651

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic, Gubernatorial Nominee, JEANNE-MARIE COLOMA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 653

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, Gubernatorial Nominee, ARTHUR LOGAN, for a term to expire 06-30-2026.

 

 

CPN

GM 654

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, Gubernatorial Nominee, GAISON ONTAI, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 655

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Physical Therapy, Gubernatorial Nominee, ROSS LUM, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 656

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Naturopathic Medicine, Gubernatorial Nominee, KRISTEN COLES, for a term to expire 06-30-2026.

 

 

CPN

GM 657

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Psychology, Gubernatorial Nominee, DON PEDRO, for a term to expire 06-30-2025.

 

 

CPN

GM 676

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Contractors License Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, DARYL SUEHIRO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 686

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Real Estate Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, NIKKI SENTER, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

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://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf

 

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or par@capitol.hawaii.gov. You can also visit their website at https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/.

 

For special assistance: 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), or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at CPNcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

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)-587-7215.

 

 

 

 

_____________________________________

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair