OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 4
7th LEGISLATIVE DAY-January 29, 2024
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Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture & Food Systems |
CAI - Culture, Arts, & International Affairs |
CMV - Corrections, Military, & Veterans |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
ECD - Economic Development |
EDN - Education |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HET - Higher Education & Technology |
HLT - Health & Homelessness |
HSG - Housing |
HUS - Human Services |
JHA - Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs |
LGO - Labor & Government Operations |
LMG - Legislative Management |
TOU - Tourism |
TRN - Transportation |
WAL - Water & Land |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO FIRST RESPONDERS. Requires the State to share in the cost of county first responder personnel fulfilling state-imposed new mandates or increases in the level of service under existing programs.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires all telecommunications service providers to communicate relevant information relating to the deenergization of electrical lines to public safety or emergency response offices for the affected areas. Requires all electric utility companies to operate electrical lines and equipment in a manner that shall minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by the electrical lines and equipment. Requires each electric utility company to prepare a wildfire mitigation plan and protocols for deenergizing electrical lines.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct each electric and gas utility company in the State to file proposals for programs to provide certain benefits to residential property owners in fire-prone areas to reduce or eliminate the impacts of wildfires on residential properties or to purchase emergency equipment or supplies for use in deenergization events.
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EEP/WAL, CPC |
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Establishes the Ohana Bill of Rights for parents and legal guardians of minor children to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their minor child.
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS. Requires that any newly established ocean recreation management area include the same or greater number of commercial use permits as the number of permits applicable to the area before the establishment of the ocean recreation management area.
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RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES. Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to eliminate the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees, from contributing to candidate committees or noncandidate committees for the duration of the contract. Requires candidates, candidate committees, or noncandidate committees to return any unlawful contribution to the contributor within 30 calendar days of receipt. Provides that if any unlawful contribution is not returned to the contributor within 30 calendar days, the unlawful contribution shall escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund.
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Authorizes the use of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the State Fire Council and its programs and activities, including for the hiring of administrative personnel.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. Establishes an intoxicated driving reduction working group to make recommendations for amendments to existing laws to reduce incidents of intoxicated driving.
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RELATING TO PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS. Provides that any photo red light imaging detector system's clear and unobstructed recorded image of a motor vehicle license plate shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle to which the license plate is attached is the motor vehicle for which the license plate was issued. Requires the State, the county, or the State's or county's third party contractor to implement a process to record the date on which the summons or citation was submitted to the post office, which shall be prima facie evidence of the date the summons or citation was submitted to the post office.
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