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

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, April 11, 2025

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

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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 M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

GM 555

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, MICHAEL NONAKA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 593

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARIE WEITE, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 594

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, REINA MIYAMOTO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 595

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, LESLIE DOOR, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 597

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, EDWARD HAIK, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 782

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund, Gubernatorial Nominee, GWEN MCDONALD, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 03/28/25]

GM 517

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Board of Chiropractic, Gubernatorial Nominee, TERESA HERNANDEZ, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 729

      Status & Testimony

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

 

 

CPN

GM 730

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, SHERYL SHIELDS-HANSON, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 731

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Nursing, Gubernatorial Nominee, DARRYN DUNBAR, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

CPN

GM 732

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Dentistry, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARIANNE TIMMERMAN, for a term to expire 06-30-2029.

 

 

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GM 733

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the State Boxing Commission of Hawai'i, Gubernatorial Nominee, EIICHI JUMAWAN, for a term to expire 06-30-2029. (Seat Position corrected to Chairperson by GM739).

 

 

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