THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 10, 2025

TIME:

9:30 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 516

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Boxing Commission of Hawai'i, Gubernatorial Nominee, FALANIKO VITALE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 564

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, REBECCA MOORE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 746

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Public Accountancy, Gubernatorial Nominee, ALEXANDER SMITH, for a term to expire 06-30-2029. (Board name corrected to State Board of Public Accountancy by GM759)

 

 

CPN

GM 747

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Public Accountancy, Gubernatorial Nominee, ZACHARY JOHNSON, for a term to expire 06-30-2029. (Board name corrected to State Board of Public Accountancy by GM759)

 

 

CPN

GM 748

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Optometry, Gubernatorial Nominee, ASHLEY PORTER, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 749

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Optometry, Gubernatorial Nominee, KATHRYN MAU, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 750

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, NATHAN KONISHI, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 751

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Medical Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, GARY BELCHER, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 752

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Gubernatorial Nominee, OLIVIA UCHIMA, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 753

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Real Estate Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, AUDREY ABE, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 754

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Real Estate Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, P DENISE LA COSTA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 755

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Real Estate Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JENNIFER ANDREWS, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 756

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Psychology, Gubernatorial Nominee, LIANNE PHILHOWER, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 757

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Veterinary Medicine, Gubernatorial Nominee, KIMBERLEY THOMSON-KERR, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 768

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Optometry, Gubernatorial Nominee, GAYLE CHANG, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 769

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Boxing Commission of Hawai'i, Gubernatorial Nominee, JOEL KIM, 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 need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email CPNcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair