THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 22, 2018

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

SB 2548

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LIQUOR COMMISSIONS.

Requires members of the county liquor commissions and liquor control adjudication boards to submit to annual criminal history record checks.  Requires attorneys hired by the liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board to submit to annual criminal background checks.  Removes the requirement that the liquor commission appoints and removes an administrator subject to the civil service laws.  Makes final decisions by the liquor commission reviewable under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CPH/JDC

SB 2549

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Requires the liquor commission to streamline procedures to provide for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations.  Removes language that allows any other considerations deemed by the liquor commission to affect the matter of the application, the issuance, or the exercise of the license applied for, on reconsideration of a previously denied, refused, or withdrawn liquor license application.

 

CPH/JDC

SB 3094

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS CONTAINING CANNABIDIOL.

Specifies certain activities that shall become lawful, upon approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration of one or more prescription drugs containing cannabidiol.

 

CPH/JDC [Measure added on 02-20-18]

SB 2431

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.

Allows a court to choose from 1 to 3 qualified examiners in felony cases in which a defendant's fitness to proceed is in doubt.  Requires that at least 1 of the examiners is a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist.  Removes the requirement that 1 of the 3 examiners shall be a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist designated by the director of health.

 

JDC/CPH

 

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 Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair