THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Bennette E. Misalucha, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

TIME:

3:10pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 224 & Videoconference

 

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A G E N D A

 

SB 3049

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYER INFORMATION.

Amends section 201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to collect and analyze employer information and data.

 

EET, JDC

SB 3054

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII FILM AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND.

Expands funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund.  Makes an appropriation out of the special fund.

 

EET, WAM

SB 2584

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ENERGY INTERCONNECTION.

Directs the public utilities commission to adopt guidelines for interconnection applications that would trigger distribution, transmission, or other utility infrastructure upgrade costs in excess of a threshold determined by the commission.

 

EET, CPN

SB 1065, SD1

      (SSCR2260)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Includes best practice destination management and regenerative tourism under the scope and responsibilities of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).  Requires HTA to develop a tourism management plan that includes tourism marketing, best practice destination management, and regenerative tourism.  Requires HTA to allocate most marketing moneys to the respective county economic development offices for visitor marketing contracts and nonprofits that benefit the county.  (SD1)

 

Pending recommittal to EET

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Glenn Wakai

Chair