HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair

Rep. Scot Z. Matayoshi, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti

Rep. Chris Todd

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Gene Ward

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, March 12, 2021

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

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A G E N D A

 

SB 1327, SD1

(SSCR593)

Status

RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES OR THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, OR DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.

Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.  (SD1)

 

JHA

SB 384

(SSCR261)

Status

RELATING TO TAX APPEALS.

Clarifies that filing fees for tax appeals are nonrefundable and that no deposits are required for tax appeals.

 

JHA, FIN

SB 412

(SSCR691)

Status

RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.

Excludes habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant from qualifying for deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.

 

JHA, FIN

SB 413, SD1

(SSCR609)

Status

RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.

Excludes violation of privacy in the first degree, and certain subsections of violation of privacy in the second degree, from qualifying for deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

JHA

SB 630, SD1

(SSCR596)

Status

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

Establishes that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

SB 548, SD1

(SSCR591)

Status

RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL.

Makes amendments to elections laws to clarify the administration of elections by mail.  Renames districts as precincts.  Extends voter registration deadlines.  Requires additional voter service centers on election day.  Requires a minimum number of precincts in each representative district and on each inhabited island.  Establishes voters with special needs advisory committees at the state and county levels to ensure equal and independent access to vote registration, casting of ballots, and all other office of elections services.  Requires the Department of Public Safety to inform individuals on parole or probation of their right to vote and provide them with information on how to register and vote.  Requires the Office of Elections and the county clerks to make a determination, as soon as practicable, of the optimal number and placement of voter service centers.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

SB 635

(SSCR694)

Status

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Allows the elections commission to refer a complaint to the attorney general or county prosecutor in addition to any administrative determination and without the requirement that the commission believes the respondent has recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally committed a violation.  Disqualifies a person convicted of violating elections criminal prosecution laws from holding elective public office for ten years rather than four.  Repeals language stipulating that elections criminal prosecution law does not apply to any persons who has paid or agrees to pay fines related to report filing violations and advertisement violations prior to the commencement of the proceedings.

 

JHA, FIN

SB 891, SD2

(SSCR589)

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Establishes requirements for Hawaiian home lands beneficiary consultation.  Requires that a majority of the members of the Hawaiian homes commission be beneficiaries or on the waitlist for Hawaiian homestead lands.  Requires quarterly reporting to the legislature and beneficiaries on land dispositions made during the quarter.  Authorizes the governor to establish an inter-agency council, based on a recommendation from the Hawaiian homes commission.  Requires an annual accounting of Act 14, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 1995, expenditures.  Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to develop and implement a loan servicing manual.  Allows the Hawaiian homes commission to retain separate counsel from the attorney general to provide service to the commission and beneficiaries.  Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study on the potential effects of creating a position for the director of Hawaiian home lands that is separate from the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

SB 981, SD2

(SSCR588)

Status

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Includes candidates for the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs to receive a maximum in public funds up to fifteen percent of the expenditure limit established by section 11-423(4) for each election.  Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the office of Hawaiian affairs board of trustees, by residency and non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names within those groupings.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

SB 1042, SD1

(SSCR675)

Status

RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION.

Repeals provision that allows persons designated as covered offenders in another state or jurisdiction to petition the Attorney General for termination of registration requirements upon demonstrating that the out of state convictions are not covered offenses in the State of Hawaii. Requires certain long term visitors to Hawaii with out-of-state convictions to register.  Clarifies how persons required to register can petition to terminate registration.  (SD1)

 

JHA, CPC

SB 828

(SSCR693)

Status

RELATING TO DIVORCE.

Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of divorce to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed.  Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the State for a continuous period of at least six months before completing a divorce. 

 

JHA, FIN

SB 151

(SSCR663)

Status

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Replaces the term "accident" with collision for purposes of certain provisions of the statewide traffic code.

 

JHA, CPC

SB 294, SD1

(SSCR22)

Status

RELATING TO PROPERTY FORFEITURE.

Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of an underlying felony offense.  Specifies that civil asset forfeiture restrictions do not apply to forfeitures authorized under other chapters of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Directs any forfeiture proceeds to the general fund.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

SB 715, SD2

(SSCR403)

Status

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PUEO DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC, on Hawaiian home lands.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Chair