THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2189

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO VICTIM RIGHTS.

Provides that failure of state and county officers and employees to carry out or comply with chapter 801D, HRS, may subject them to civil liability, with certain exceptions.

 

LBR, JDC

SB 2986

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.

Requires two hours of annual in-service training in suicide prevention for all teachers, principals, and school counselors.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2165

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2357

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Makes appropriations for the pre-payment of the accrued pension liability and other post-employment benefits liability of the State.  Makes an appropriation to the emergency and budget reserve fund.  States the intent that this Act is intended to comply with the mandate of Article VII, Section 6, of the Hawaii constitution regarding the disposition of excess general fund revenues.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2360

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Requires collective bargaining public employees to provide written notification to the employee's exclusive representative to discontinue the employee's payroll assignments within a certain time period.  Requires the employee's exclusive representative to provide a copy of the notification to the employer within seven business days of receipt from the employee.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2361

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for their excluded counterparts.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2363

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO JOB TRAINING.

Establishes a pilot program where candidates for promotion to supervisor or professional positions can shadow supervisors and professionals and receive supervisory and leadership training.  Appropriates funds. 

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2555

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the employees' retirement system to divest its investment portfolio of coal, oil, and gas companies within five years and to report certain information to the legislature.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2763

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows payment of employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System in advance of the fiscal year in which the contributions are required; provides for interest on and application of the advance payments.

 

LBR, WAM

SB 2870

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Permits public inspection and duplication of salary ranges, rather than exact compensation, for legislative employees.

 

LBR, JDC

 

 

 

 

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 Jill N. Tokuda

Chair