THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Senator J. Kalani English, Chair

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

TIME:

1:16 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

TIA/PSM

 

SB 2589

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Transfers the law enforcement functions of the harbors division of the department of transportation to the department of public safety, effective July 1, 2016.

 

TIA/PSM, WAM

SB 2582

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

Requires individual consent or a search warrant to track an individual through the use of unmanned aircraft systems.  Prohibits the repurposing of data without a search warrant.  Prohibits unmanned aircraft systems from carrying weapons onboard.  Requires the police departments to implement guidelines of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Aviation Committee.

 

TIA/PSM, JDL

SB 2608

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS.

Prohibits the use of unmanned aircrafts, except by law enforcement agencies, to gather information and establishes certain conditions for law enforcement agencies to use an unmanned aircraft to obtain information.  Requires all law enforcement agencies using unmanned aircrafts and the courts to report on their activities relating to unmanned aircrafts.

 

TIA/PSM, JDL

SB 2138

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Increases the maximum passenger capacity of neighborhood electric vehicles from 4 to 6. Increases the maximum weight of neighborhood electric vehicles from 1,800 pounds unladen to 3,000 pounds fully laden.

 

TIA/PSM

SB 2324

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Establishes an annual electric vehicle user fee, fifty per cent of which shall be deposited in the state highway fund and fifty per cent of which shall be deposited in the county highway fund.

 

TIA/PSM, WAM

SB 2730

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Permits driver licensing reciprocity between Hawaii and foreign countries upon certain conditions.  Repeals the driver's license reciprocity committee.

 

TIA/PSM, JDL

 

PSM/TIA

 

SB 2935

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING.

Lists the acceptable identifying documents that driver's license applicants may produce to obtain a license if they are ineligible to receive a social security number.  Authorizes the examiner of drivers to license applicants who produce these documents.

 

PSM/TIA, JDL

SB 2301

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires shippers to notify the fire chief as to where fireworks shipments imported into the State or between counties are to be distributed; defines the term redistribution to clarify shipment notification requirements; and clarifies that labels on certain fireworks shall be at least nine square inches.

 

PSM/TIA, CPN

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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.

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair

 

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Senator J. Kalani English

Chair