These resources are grouped by subject matter only and do not reflect the committee structure of the House of Representative for the Twenty-sixth Legislative Session.
Agriculture
Relating to the Department of Agriculture, agriculture and aquaculture, crop and livestock production, agricultural parks, and invasive species.
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Relating to consumer protection, the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the regulation of trade, business, professions, occupations, and utilities, the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, matters relating to condominiums, housing cooperatives, and planned communities, and other pertinent matters referred to it by the House.
Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
Relating to new industry development, technology, planning for economic development and diversification, industrial and product promotion and financial and technical assistance to business for interstate and intrastate commerce, the State of Hawaii General Plan, the Procurement Code, and military facilities and activities.
Education & Higher Education
Committee on Education: Relating to early childhood education, primary and secondary schools, continuing education, and libraries.
Committee on Higher Education: Relating to the University of Hawaii, the community colleges, and other institutions of post secondary education, intercollegiate athletics, and the Waikiki Aquarium
Energy & Environmental Protection
Relating to energy resources and the development of renewable and alternative energy resources, energy conservation, environmental quality control and protection, and environmental health.
Finance
Relating to overall State financing policies, including taxation and other revenues, cash and debt management, and statewide implementation of planning, programming, budgeting, and evaluation.
Hawaiian Affairs
Relating to persons of Hawaiian ancestry, including programs administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Health & Human Services
Committee on Health: Relating to general health, maternal and child care, communicable diseases, dental health, medical and hospital services, mental health, developmental disabilities, hospitals, and community health care facilities.
Committee on Human Services: Relating to financial assistance, medical assistance, vocational rehabilitiation, social welfare services, and the general well-being of the state's elderly and youth, including juvenile correctional services.
Housing
Relating to housing development, financing assistance for homebuyers and renters, and affordable and rental housing, but excluding housing issues relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Judiciary
Relating to the courts, crime prevention and control, criminal code revisions, sentencing structures and alternatives to incarceration, criminal enforcement, prosecution, disposition, and punishment, indigent legal representation and defense matters, civil law, firearms, judicial and legal questions, constitutional matters, the Attorney General, the Judiciary, individual rights, civil rights and liberties, including the Civil Rights Commission, and other pertinent matters referred to it by the House.
Labor & Public Employment
Relating to employment, government operations and efficiency, employee pay and benefits, employee recruitment, classification and training, career development, employee performance, employment conditions, standards of conduct for employers and employees, collective bargaining in public employment, the civil service system, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, temporary disability insurance, prepaid health care, and programs relating to employment, employment opportunities, and labor-management relations in the private sector.
Legislative Management
Relating to the administrative operations and legislative services of the House, including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislative Auditor, Office of the Ombudsman, and Public Access Room.
Public Safety
Relating to adult corrections, rehabilitation, correctional facilities and industries, and probation, parole, furlough, and other alternatives to incarceration. The committee also considers those programs relating to civilian emergency and disaster response.
Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs
Relating to tourism and culture, including the Hawaii Convention Center, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority, as well as the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and other programs encouraging the expression of Hawaii's multicultural heritage and development of all avenues of artistic endeavor. The committee also considers those programs relating to international affairs, foreign policy issues, and international relations.
Transportation
Relating to air, water, and ground transportation.
Water, Land, & Ocean Resources
Relating to land and water resource administration and use, the Land Use Commission, county land use planning and zoning, the Hawaii Community Development Authority, infrastructure development, outdoor recreation, including recreational boating, fish and game management, corals and inorganic marine resources, ocean mining, mariculture, commerical and recreational ocean fish and fishing, including fishery development and management, the Coastal Zone Management Act, State parks, and historic sites development and protection.
