HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. John Mizuno

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

 

AMENDED AGENDA

 

Please note time change from 8:30am to 9:00am.

The following bills have been ADDED to the agenda:  HB2731, HB2735, HB2515, HB1984, HB1985, HB2762, HB3449, HB3000, HB2558, HB2707, HB2708, HB3007, HB3133, HB3134 and HB3136.

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

TIME:

9:00am

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 3236

RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING.

Requires a prior public informational hearing be held in the affected community before a county agency may issue any permit for group living in facilities with five or more unrelated persons.

 

HSH, WLH, JUD

HB 3385

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Provides an expedited process for county review and decision on planning, zoning, and construction exemptions sought by a developer of an affordable rental project.  Provides, if the county fails or refuses to take action on the proposed project, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may review and make a decision on the proposed project.  Makes the provisions applicable only to a county with at least 750,000 residents.  Appropriates funds sunsets on December 31, 2013.

 

HSH, WLH, FIN

HB 2731

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR KALANIHUIA ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT.

Appropriates funds for Kalanihuia elderly housing project.

 

HSH, FIN

HB 2735

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Appropriates funds for the contract hiring of at least three full‑time security officers at Mayor Wright homes public housing complex.

 

HSH, FIN

HB 2515

RELATING TO KUKUI GARDENS.

Appropriates $26,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finalize the sale of the Kukui Gardens housing project.

 

HSH, FIN

HB 1984

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Prohibits the consumption of any liquor on any public sidewalk or common area within a public housing project.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 1985

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer.  Excludes an invited guest.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 2762

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Provides protections for domestic violence victims in rental housing.

 

HSH, CPC/JUD

HB 3449

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Confers specific power on chiefs of police to enter and enforce laws in common areas of public housing.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 3000

RELATING TO PROPERTY.

Requires a landlord who rents 2 or more dwelling units in an apartment building to designate the common area in each tenant's rental agreement; provided that in the absence of a designation in the rental agreement, the statutory definition shall apply.  Effective 01/01/09.

 

HSH, CPC

HB 2558

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Authorizes department of human services to conduct unannounced visits to inspect a parental home within 3 to 6 months of the return of a child against whom a household member of the parental home has committed a misdemeanor or felony offense relating to child abuse or neglect or has been adjudicated of conduct that would constitute such an offense.

 

HSH, JUD, FIN

HB 2707

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Establishes a grandparent preference for out-of-home placement of children needing child protective services.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 2708

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Permits a child's grandparent to participate as a party at certain child protective hearings.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 3007

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

Requires that the child protective review panel proceedings taken prior to the issuance of a court order upon the request of the child's family who believe that the child was wrongfully removed from the family home.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 3133

RELATING TO MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

Broadens the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect to include family members.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 3134

RELATING TO WELL CHILD FOLLOW-UP VISITS.

Establishes a pilot project allowing the Department to conduct well-child follow-up visits for children who have been reported but not confirmed as abused or neglected.

 

HSH, FIN

HB 3136

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

Clarifies the law to ensure that local customs of caring for children outside the home by friends and relatives are an available alternative when considering the custody of children.

 

HSH, JUD

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Maile Shimabukuro

Chair