THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

JDC

 

 

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

 

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A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:

 

HB 1539, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR3344)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Increases fines for violations of certain traffic laws and required motor vehicle insurance minimums.  Establishes minimum and maximum sentences for persons convicted of violations of certain traffic laws.  Amends the minimum liability coverage thresholds to unspecified amounts.  Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles having noisy mufflers on public highways in high-density areas.  Establishes separate fines for violations of motor scooter and motor vehicle muffler regulations.  Defines “high-density areas”.  Establishes fines for placing any device upon a vehicle designed to immobilize the vehicle without consent of the owner of the vehicle.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (SD1)

 

TCA, JDC/CPN

HB 2415, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR3181)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT.

Authorizes the Governor to enter the State into the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.  Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes the State Board of Nursing to charge different fees customarily and historically charged for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a multistate license issued by the State.  Takes effect 7/1/3000; provided that the Nurse Licensure Compact shall become effective and binding in the State after enactment of this Act.  (SD1)

 

HHS, CPN/JDC

 

 

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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.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-7211.

 

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair

 

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Senator Karl Rhoads

Chair