THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 21, 2016

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 2121, HD3

      (HSCR919-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES.

Appropriates moneys from the general fund for civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons to be purchased by the Judiciary.  (HB2121 HD3)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 2245, HD1

      (HSCR719-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Increases penalties for animal desertion.  (HB2245 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 1590, HD2

      (HSCR866-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the Chief Election Officer to select a letter of the alphabet by lot and arrange candidate names on ballots in alphabetical order by last name, beginning with the randomly selected letter.  Requires notice to voters and candidates of the order that candidates will be listed on the ballot by a method suited for the voting systems.  Directs the Chief Election Officer to establish procedures to implement this new procedure for elections beginning January 1, 2018.  (HB1590 HD2)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 1653, HD1

      (HSCR761-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Incrementally phases in statewide elections by mail by the 2022 primary election.  Assigns responsibilities between the State and counties for expenses related to mail elections for federal, state, and county offices.  Requires clerks to send qualified voters their ballots forty-five days before an election.  Establishes standards regarding hours of operation for absentee polling places.  Specifies procedures for the counting of ballots.  Repeals Election Day state holiday.  Makes an appropriation.  (HB1653 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 2010, HD1

      (HSCR680-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGES.

Requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to approve First Job Training Programs.  (HB2010 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 1683, HD1

      (HSCR811-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Permits an employee to use leave under the Hawaii Family Leave Law to care for a sibling.  (HB1683 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

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 Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Chair