THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2004

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, February 18, 2004)

SB 2915

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Exempts most government records or information relating to measures designed to protect the security or safety or persons or property, whether public or private, from attacks or acts of terrorism from disclosure under the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act.

JHW

SB 2444

RELATING TO THE PROBATE CODE.

Improves the availability of arbitration and mediation as a means of resolving disputes arising out of wills or trusts between beneficiaries, trustees, or representatives.

JHW

SB 2485

RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION.

Requires the appointment of judicial selection commission members from a neighbor island to be conducted on a rotating basis; requires member biographies to be made available to the public; and prohibits members from having a direct interest in the success or failure of ballot questions or political candidates when appointed, or actively support or oppose a political candidate or ballot question while serving as a member of the commission.

JHW

SB 3144

RELATING TO ATTORNEYS.

Admitting attorneys licensed to practice law in other states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia to practice law in Hawaii.

JHW

SB 2626

RELATING TO PRETRIAL DETAINEES.

Establishes statutory deadlines for the mental examination of pretrial criminal defendants. Requires the judiciary to report to the 2005 legislature on the administration of forensic examinations and detail the number of days that pass between the order for mental evaluation and the court's ruling.

JHW

     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6911.