HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu, Chair

Rep. Ken Ito, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Rida Cabanilla

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. John M. Mizuno

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D   A G E N D A

 

The following measure has been DELETED from the agenda:  SB 2449.

 

The following measures have been ADDED to the agenda:  HB 2404 and HB 1034.

 

HB 2790, HD1

(HSCR392-10)

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes fireworks-related fines and penalties.  Effective January 1, 2112.  (HB2790 HD1)

 

TCI/PBS, JUD

SB 1059, SD2, HD1

(HSCR1216)

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes an illegal fireworks task force to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives.  Requires the task force to report a preliminary plan to the legislature no later than January 10, 2010.  Allows counties to enact ordinances or adopt rules regulating fireworks that are more restrictive than state law regulating fireworks under chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SB1059 HD1)

 

PBS/TRN, JUD

HB 1987, HD1

(HSCR69-10)

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes a cause of action to abate the illegal purchasing, selling, possession, setting off, igniting or discharging of fireworks.  Allows the court to order the closure of any place used in violation of the fireworks law.  Allows for the forfeiture of property used in violation of the fireworks law.  (HB1987 HD1)

 

PBS, JUD

SB 2449

(SSCR2040)

Status

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Makes the statutory requirements for provisional driver's licenses for persons under the age of eighteen permanent.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 229, HD1

(HSCR317)

Status

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Amends the offenses of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree, and terroristic threatening in the first degree to include conduct committed against victims whom the courts and police are attempting to keep safe with protective orders. (HB229 HD1)

 

HUS, JUD

HB 840

Status

RELATING TO CHARGING BY WRITTEN INFORMATION.

Amends section 806-83, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add felony offenses which may be charged by written information.

 

JUD

HB 1019

Status

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Includes in the offense of murder in the second degree acts committed with the intent to cause serious bodily injury to another person or create the strong probability of causing death or serious bodily injury to another person, which result in the death of another person.

 

JUD

HB 2592, HD1

(HSCR332-10)

Status

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law, and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances.  (HB2592 HD1)

 

HLT, JUD

HB 2897

(HSCR290-10)

Status

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Subjects a contractor to revocation or suspension of license for knowingly or intentionally employing a person who is not eligible to work in the United States under federal law to perform work on any project or operation.

 

LAB, CPC, JUD

HB 1978, HD1

(HSCR26-10)

Status

RELATING TO TOWING.

Requires towing companies to be in operation twenty-four hours per day, 7 days a week in a county with a population greater than 500,000 persons.  Requires tow companies open for twenty-four hours to offer services that include the release of vehicles in storage.  Requires tow operators to maintain, at minimum, $500,000 bodily injury coverage, $200,000 property damage insurance, $175,000 hook coverage insurance, or a combined single limit of liability insurance coverage of $1,000,000. (HB1978 HD1)

 

TRN, JUD

HB 2354

(HSCR92-10)

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD.

Requires individuals, entities, and insurers to cooperate with insurance fraud investigations.  Bars restitution for failure to cooperate.

 

CPC, JUD

HB 2575, HD1

(HSCR265-10)

Status

RELATING TO TRAUMA.

Provide statutory protection from discovery for the Department of Health trauma care multiagency and multidisciplinary peer review and quality assurance committees.  (HB2575 HD1)

 

HLT, JUD

SB 2246, SD1

(SSCR2334)

Status

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

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

 

JUD

HB 2895

(HSCR327-10)

Status

RELATING TO FORECLOSURE.

Allows a homeowner to force a court supervised foreclosure if a non-judicial foreclosure is successfully appealed due to an unfair sales price.

 

HSG, JUD

HB 2693

(HSCR199-10)

Status

RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINTS.

Amends law to prohibit the transport of a child under 8 years of age in a motor vehicle on a public highway in the State, when a parent or legal guardian is present in the motor vehicle, except under certain circumstances.  Allows children under the age of 8 and under 4 feet and 9 inches in height to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle, under certain circumstances.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 2086, HD1

(HSCR110-10)

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE DATA.

Allows authorized health care entities to use clinical laboratory test results to populate personal health records or electronic medical records.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB2086 HD1)

 

HLT, JUD

HB 2922, HD1

(HSCR270-10)

Status

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Prohibits the knowing incineration or disposal of fluorescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs in landfills and waste-to-energy facilities in the State.  Establishes notice requirements.  (HD1)

 

EEP, JUD

HB 2263

(HSCR168-10)

Status

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Permits a provisional licensee to obtain a driver's license at age 18 even if the person has held the provisional license for less than 6 months.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 2548

(HSCR163-10)

Status

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Updates regulation of prepaid legal services plans.

 

CPC, JUD

HB 2404

(HSCR122-10)

Status

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Makes the statutory requirements for provisional driver's licenses for persons under the age of eighteen permanent.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1034

Status

RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS.

Clarifies that certain waivers of the State's sovereign immunity can only take place if the Legislature has in a statute unequivocally waived that sovereign immunity.

 

JUD

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

DECISION MAKING

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 22, 2010.

 

HB 1752

Status

RELATING TO REPEAT OFFENDERS.

Excludes non-violent offenders from repeat offenders statute requiring mandatory minimum prison terms.

 

JUD

 

 

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on February 4, 2010.

 

HB 2724

Status

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER.

Permits tethering of an unattended dog if the tether meets certain specifications and the dog is at least 6 months old.  Establishes mandatory fines.

 

JUD

HB 2725

Status

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Amends the definition of necessary sustenance to include a primary pet enclosure that provides shelter; safe construction to prevent injury; room to stand, sit, or lie down; and safe interactions with other animals.

 

JUD

 

 

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on February 16, 2010.

 

HB 1756

Status

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Allows for expungement of convictions for non-violent offenses that are over 5 years old.

 

JUD

HB 2904

(HSCR130-10)

Status

RELATING TO COUNTY GENERAL PLANS.

Prohibits the use of county general and development plans from serving as, or replacing the county regulatory powers.

 

WLO, JUD

 

 

 

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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Chair