HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Tommy Waters, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

TIME:

3:30pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 2997

(HSCR165-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO TORTS.

Abolishes joint and several liability for design professionals except when design professional's degree of negligence is twenty-five per cent or more.

 

CPC, JUD

HB 3379, HD1

(HSCR413-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Repeals the existing offense of abuse of family or household members and separately recodifies its procedural and substantive provisions.  Establishes three degrees of the offense of abuse of a family or household member.  Makes conforming amendments.  Effective 7/1/2008.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 1984

(HSCR329-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Prohibits the consumption of any liquor on any public sidewalk or common area within a public housing project.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 1985

(HSCR330-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer.  Excludes an invited guest.

 

HSH, JUD

HB 2436, HD1

(HSCR313-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Amends the definition of "display fireworks"; clarifies prohibitions; and clarifies that minors are prohibited from selling fireworks. (HB2436 HD1)

 

TAC, JUD

HB 1968

 

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Permits board members, numbering less than quorum, to:  (1) discuss their individual positions related to official board business at other board meetings and legislative public hearings; (2) attend and participate in discussions at presentations, such as community meetings; and (3) discuss membership to a board's committees in private.  Requires a quorum for discussion prior and related to voting and for voting to validate board actions.

 

JUD

HB 3325, HD2

(HSCR316-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM LAND SALES PRACTICES ACT.

Exempts offers or dispositions of interests in time share plans from the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act. (HB3325 HD2)

 

TAC, CPC, JUD

HB 2214

 

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY.

Clarifies county immunity in operating county parks by deleting exclusion of public beach parks from the definition of "improved public lands".

 

WLH, JUD

HB 2343, HD1

(HSCR231-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

Authorizes a $4 administrative fee on all citations for traffic code violations to be shared by the judiciary and the counties for the establishment and maintenance of an electronic citation system.  Establishes the electronic citation system special fund.  Provides alternative payment for rental car companies.  Provides for the disbursement of the funds to the counties and the Judiciary Computer Special Fund.  Effective January 1, 2009. (HB2343 HD1)

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB 2334

(HSCR250-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO CRIME.

Establishes mandatory minimum prison terms for certain offenses against pregnant women.

 

HSH/HLT, JUD

HB 2847

(HSCR401-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO CONDITIONAL LICENSE PERMITS.

Allows conditional license permit for a person's medical needs and caregiving.  Clarifies when a conditional license permit is permissible for certain commercial drivers.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 2346, HD1

(HSCR411-08)

 

Status

RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.

Expands the crimes of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first and second degrees to include situations in which an adult causes or permits a minor to inject, ingest, or inhale any controlled substance that was not prescribed for the minor by a physician.  (HB2346 HD1)

 

HSH, JUD

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number; and

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:    5 copies (including an original) to Room 302 in the State Capitol;

FAX:        For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-9450(Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islands); or

EMAIL:    For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to [email protected].

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-9450 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Tommy Waters

Chair