OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 2

2nd LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 17, 2008

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business Concerns

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSH -  Human Services & Housing

INT -    International Affairs

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PSM -   Public Safety & Military Affairs

TAC -  Tourism & Culture

TRN -  Transportation

WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs


 

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HOUSE BILLS

 

 

 

Committee

H.B. NO.

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

2182

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESERVOIRS, DAMS, AND DITCH SYSTEMS.

Appropriates moneys for a feasibility study on management of dams, reservoirs, and ditch systems.  Effective 7/1/08.

 

WLH, FIN

2183

RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

Establishes greenhouse gas emissions reduction benchmarks to be achieved prior to 01/01/20.

 

EEP, FIN

2184

RELATING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish, update, and define the self-sufficiency standard.

 

HSH, EDB, FIN

2185

RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

Establishes research, development, and review panels for individualized education programs and individualized family service plans.  Provides access to qualified individuals in the development of individualized education programs and individualized family service plans.

 

EDN/HLT, FIN

2186

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Extends the deadline within which to file a request for a due process hearing relating to the education of a child with a disability from ninety days to two years when the request is for reimbursement of costs of a child's placement.  Requires the department to adopt rules that provide for the reimbursement of expert witness and other relevant fees and expenses associated with a hearing.  Requires the establishment of an appeals board and process wherein a state review officer shall review the decisions of the impartial hearings officers.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

2187

RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS.

Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives.

 

HLT, CPC

2188

RELATING TO INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES.

Establishes the statewide interfaith steering committee to develop and promote interfaith activities.  Appropriates funds for this purpose.

 

TAC, FIN

2189

RELATING TO PUBLIC RESTROOMS.

Provides funding to ensure that public restrooms are consistently well maintained.  Appropriation.

 

WLH/TAC, FIN

2190

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Appropriates funds to the public school system to establish a recycling program and provide recycling bins on every school campus.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

2191

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates fund to lower the student to counselor ratio at Hawaii's public middle schools and high schools.

 

EDN, FIN

2192

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Appropriates funds to the department of education to provide additional resources to support teacher quality.

 

EDN, FIN

2193

RELATING TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

Provides funds for the department of education to hire more school counselors for middle and high schools.  Appropriation.

 

EDN, FIN

2194

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD.

Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood.

 

HSH, FIN

2195

RELATING TO AGING.

Makes an appropriation to increase funding for kupuna care program administered by the executive office on aging.

 

HSH, FIN

2196

RELATING TO CAREGIVING.

Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to conduct a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program.

 

HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN

2197

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

2198

RELATING TO CAREGIVING.

Establishes a task force to focus on the needs of and issues facing grandparents raising grandchildren.

 

HSH, JUD, FIN

2199

RELATING TO CAREGIVING.

Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging to continue its respite inventory project in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Social Work.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

2200

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities or special needs.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

2201

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes a disaster planning and preparedness consumer advisory board to review existing and develop new policies and plans that address the needs of the elderly and disabled members of the community in the event of a man-made or natural disaster.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HLT/HSH, PSM, FIN

2202

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Excludes from gross income the gain realized by a fee simple owner of industrial and commercial properties from the sale of leased fee to a lessee.

 

EDB, FIN

2203

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Makes appropriation to DBEDT to create one staff position to establish and update biannually a self-sufficiency standard for Hawaii.

 

HSH, EDB, FIN

2204

RELATING TO THE LIABILITY OF A FIREARM OWNER.

Removes government entities from definition of firearm owner for purpose of establishing liability.

 

JUD

2205

RELATING TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES BY THE STATE OR COUNTIES.

Allows the state and county governments to hire retired state or county public employees that are currently receiving public sector pension or retirement benefits.

 

LAB, FIN

2206

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS.

Appropriates federal Reed Act money to the department of labor and industrial relations to assist the State's four local workforce investment boards.

 

LAB, FIN

2207

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF.

Appropriates moneys to maximize available federal reimbursements to assist Hawaii county with earthquake recovery efforts.

 

PSM, FIN

2208

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for the employer contribution share of retirement funds for emergency medical services employees in the county of Hawaii.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

2209

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WEST HAWAII HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to help with construction of a facility that will provide housing and services for individuals and families that are successfully transitioning through the homeless continuum on the island of Hawaii.

 

HSH, FIN

2210

RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF VETERANS CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for the maintenance of veterans cemeteries in the county of Hawaii.

 

PSM, FIN

2211

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

Appropriates funds wastewater projects to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency standards.

 

EEP, FIN

2212

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinances or adopting any rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are less restrictive than the regulations established by state law.

 

PSM, JUD

2213

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WELLS.

Appropriates funds for exploration and production of wells at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, reduced by moneys appropriated under this Act if moneys made available under Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, are encumbered prior to the effective date of this Act.

 

WLH, FIN

2214

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY.

Clarifies county immunity in operating county parks by deleting exclusion of public beach parks from the definition of "improved public lands".

 

WLH, JUD