THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 467, HD2

        (HSCR911)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION.

Provides additional protection to public employees who report violations of the law or government contracts.  Expands the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' responsibilities regarding whistleblowers.  Effective January 7, 2059.  (HB467 HD2)

 

JDL

HB 519, HD1

        (HSCR694)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a limited liability partnership who has a distributional interest in the company or partnership of at least fifty per cent, a partner or a partnership, and a sole proprietor from the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law.  (HB519 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 1035, HD1

        (HSCR773)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFIT ENHANCEMENT MORATORIUM.

Institutes a moratorium on the enhancement of Employees' Retirement System benefits until the system's funded ratio is one hundred per cent.  (HB1035 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 640, HD1

        (HSCR605)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.

Requires any action taken in an executive meeting be reported when the board reconvenes at the open meeting.  Effective January 7, 2050.  (HB640 HD1)

 

JDL

HB 545, HD1

        (HSCR853)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Requires electronic voter registration on the website of the office of elections by January 1, 2014.  Establishes requirements for online voter registration, including identification and affidavits.  Effective January 7, 2050.  (HB545 HD1)

 

JDL

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 9:30 a.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 002, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 9:30 a.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6837.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair