THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 20, 2014

TIME:

10:30 am

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2913

      (SSCR2119)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes further restrictions and criminal penalties on labeling Hawaii-grown coffee in order to prevent counterfeiting.

 

AGL/CPN, JDL

SB 2347, SD1

      (SSCR2315)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Requires nursery stock to be treated for the eradication of pests before the sale or transport of the nursery stock from one island to another island within the State or intraisland.  Requires an element of gross negligence, rather than intent, for a violation of section 150A-6(3) or (4), Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the importation, possession, or transportation of certain animals, plants, or equipment that is harmful to agriculture, horticulture, animals, public health, or natural resources.  Eliminates the element of intent to propagate, sell, or release from the penalty for transporting, harboring, or importing prohibited animals or restricted plants, animals, or microorganisms without a permit and from the penalty for importing, possessing, harboring, transferring, or transporting any designated pest.  (SD1)

 

AGL/ENE, JDL

SB 2763, SD1

      (SSCR2310)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community meetings each year; provided that at least one meeting shall be held in each county.  Requires the board of education to allow public testimony on items not on a public meeting agenda if certain requirements are met.  Repeals the public testimony requirement on June 30, 2019.  Requires the board of education to report to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

EDU, JDL

SB 651, SD1

      (SSCR2447)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects and state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority and in and around elder or elderly households.  (SD1)

 

HMS, JDL

 

 

 

SB 3126, SD1

      (SSCR2425)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS.

Prohibits noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants that forbid post-employment competition of employees of a technology business or licensed physicians.  (SD1)

 

TEC/CPN, JDL

SB 632, SD1

      (SSCR2339)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS.

Establishes environmental courts as divisions within the circuit courts to hear all proceedings, including certain chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, proceedings arising from certain environmental laws.  Requires the Judiciary to report to the Legislature on the total number of environmental-related cases filed in the last five years.  Takes effect 1/1/2015.  (SD1)

 

ENE, JDL

SB 2408

      Status & Testimony

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

Expands definition of "habitual operator of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant" to include violators with at least one conviction within the last ten years for offense of habitually operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

JDL

SB 2452

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO JURY DUTY.

Exempts breastfeeding mothers from jury duty for up to one year from the time the mother began breastfeeding the child.

 

JDL

SB 2031, SD1

      (SSCR2449)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes state licensing requirements for vendors participating in the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies established by Section 302 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HMS/HTH/EGH, JDL

SB 2482

      (SSCR2087)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ASSOCIATION ALTERNATIVE POWER OF SALE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Clarifies the parties that a homeowners association can serve through publication, after a hearing before a judge, in a nonjudicial foreclosure proceeding.

 

CPN, JDL

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair