HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Rep. Darius K. Kila, Chair |
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Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Tyson K. Miyake |
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Rep. Luke A. Evslin |
Rep. Christopher L. Muraoka |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa |
Rep. Elijah Pierick |
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Rep. Trish La Chica |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 430 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO VESSELS IN STATE COMMERCIAL HARBORS. Clarifies that the requirements for the securing of mooring lines in state commercial harbors shall not apply to certain vessels.
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TRN, LAB, CPC |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL HARBORS. Specifically requires masters or persons in charge of vessels to follow an order by a harbor master to evacuate a commercial harbor in emergencies. Establishes higher penalties for noncompliance. Amends section 266-19(a) to include fines collected for violations of this section as moneys to be paid into the Special Harbor Fund.
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TRN, PBS, JHA |
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RELATING TO FIREFIGHTING AT COMMERCIAL HARBORS. Limits civil liability of individuals who render firefighting services at any of the State's commercial harbors or roadsteads, any commercial harbor or waterfront improvement belonging to or controlled by the State, or any vessel within a commercial harbor or roadstead to only damages resulting from an individual's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
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TRN, PBS, JHA |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Authorizes the counties to sell or dispose of property bordering the ocean when the Department of Transportation requests the acquisition of the property for state highway purposes.
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TRN, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING ACT. Authorizes manufacturers and distributors to sell directly to consumers items activated or installed through remote electronic transmission. Clarifies the applicability of the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act to common entities. Amends the grounds for denying, suspending, revoking, or otherwise taking adverse action on a licensee. Prohibits a manufacturer or distributor from requiring a dealer to purchase or lease any electric vehicle charging station at the dealer's expenses unless provided notice of intent to sell the manufacturer's or distributor's electric vehicles. Clarifies the conditions for the transfer of a franchise. Clarifies the requirements for reimbursing a dealer for parts and labor.
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TRN, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Provides access by owners of motor vehicles and independent repair facilities to motor vehicle manufacturer diagnostic and repair information and diagnostic repair tools otherwise made available to dealers.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules governing a clean fuel standard for alternative fuels in the State.
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TRN, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in collaboration with various state and county agencies, to establish a Transportation Demand Management Program. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Part I: Repeals the Public Utilities Commission's authority to regulate ratemaking for motor carriers. Part II: Applies the existing framework regulating motor carriers onto transportation network companies. Part III: Repeals the chapter regulating transportation network companies.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides authority for a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge. Provides for disposition of funds of county mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the disposition of funds of state mileage-based road usage charge. Repeals the maximum amount a driver will pay in a state mileage-based road usage charge on June 30, 2028. Establishes a default state mileage-based road usage charge rate when missing, incomplete, or incorrect odometer reading information that will prevent the state mileage-based road usage charge from being calculated. Establishes a state mileage-based road usage charge subaccount to allow for the disbursements or reimbursements back to vehicle owners.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Darius Kila Chair |
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