THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, March 4, 2022

TIME:

10:10 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

WAM

 

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:

 

SB 2295, SD1

      (SSCR2647)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for a certain amount of sea level rise in all future or amended transportation projects.  Requires all Department of Transportation projects to conform to certain carbon concrete standards except in certain circumstances.  (SD1)

 

TRS/AEN, WAM

[Measure added on 03/03/22]

SB 2799, SD1

      (SSCR2382)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE KAIWI COAST.

Authorizes the transfer of lands to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and establishment of that land and adjacent state-owned lands as the Kaiwi Coast State Park.  Establishes positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for management of the Kaiwi Coast State Park.  Appropriates funds.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

WTL, WAM

SB 3269, SD1

      (SSCR2660)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ACADEMIC TENURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Outlines tenure requirements and criteria for tenure-track faculty.  Requires a minimum of at least one performance review every five years for tenured and tenure-track faculty.  Requires a minimum of at least one performance review every three years for administrative, professional, and technical and non-tenurable employees.  Requires periodic reviews for tenured and tenure-track faculty and administrative, professional, and technical and non-tenurable employees hired after 6/30/2022.  Retains current Regents Policies 9.201, 9.202, and 9.213 for current personnel regarding periodic reviews.  Establishes minimum faculty categories for all campuses.  Provides that librarians shall be eligible for tenure.  Provides that periodic review for tenured and tenure-track faculty, APT, and non-tenurable employees shall only apply to new employees following enactment.  Establishes a "C" classification for faculty at the community colleges and retains eligibility for tenure.  (SD1)

 

HRE, WAM

 

 

 

 

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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 Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair