THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR, CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, March 22, 2021

TIME:

3:05 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225 and Videoconference

 

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A G E N D A

 

HB 777, HD1

      (HSCR663)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.

Authorizes funds from the works of art special fund to be used for Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace.  Sunsets 6/30/2022.  Effective 7/1/2065.  (HD1)

 

LCA, WAM

SCR 168 / SR 133

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO REEXAMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR STATE POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AND REPLACE THE QUALIFICATION OF A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE, WHERE APPLICABLE

 

 

LCA

SCR 240 / SR 200

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO ESTABLISH A NEW SERVICE CLASS FOR PROJECT MANAGERS UNDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT 13.

 

 

LCA

SCR 164 / SR 129

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN TO ENACT THE PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE ACT.

 

 

LCA

SCR 241

      Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF A SISTER STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE PREFECTURE OF YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN, AND FORWARD ITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE LEGISLATURE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 229‑-3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, FOR FURTHER ACTION.

 

 

LCA

SCR 220 / SR 180

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

RECOGNIZING THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES.

 

 

LCA

SCR 236 / SR 196

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING UNITED STATES PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., AND THE ASIA-‑PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION TO HOLD THE 2023 ASIA-‑PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT IN HONOLULU, HAWAII.

 

 

LCA

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair