THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, 20th February 2013

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 858

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Restricts members of boards and commissions who have been reappointed to a second consecutive term and whose reappointment has failed to receive the consent of the senate from serving as a holdover member.

 

JDL

SB 229

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO IMPEACHMENT.

Establishes causes and procedures for impeachment of the governor, lieutenant governor, and appointive officers.

 

JDL

SB 827

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTION OFFENSES.

Prohibits a candidate from physically handling or possessing the voter registration form, voter ballot, or absentee ballot of another person.

 

JDL

SB 1036

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PERSONNEL.

Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System, through its Administrator, to appoint one or more investment officers and changes the title of the "Administrator" of the system to "Executive Director."

 

JDL

SB 4

      (SSCR189)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Requires all front and back seat passengers to be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while the motor vehicle is being operating upon any public highway.

 

TIA, JDL

SB 341, SD1

      (SSCR25)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.

Establishes the disposition of remains act.  Determines the priority of the persons who may direct the disposition of a decedent's remains and the arrangements for funeral goods and services; permits funeral establishments, cemeteries, mortuaries, and crematories to rely and act upon written directions from the decedent or persons who have the right of disposition without liability in certain circumstances and control the disposition and dispose of a decedent's remains in certain circumstances.  (SD1)

 

CPN, JDL

SB 960, SD1

      (SSCR193)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.

Establishes a notice of postponement or cancellation of sale requirement under part IA, chapter 667, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to judicial foreclosures.  (SD1)

 

CPN, JDL

SB 8, SD1

      (SSCR24)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.

Prohibits the owner of a pet animal and the owner's employees from performing any surgical procedure, including but not limited to surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, dewclaw removal, and debarking on the pet animal without being licensed as a veterinarian.  Makes intentionally or knowingly performing any surgical procedure, including but not limited to surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, dewclaw removal, and debarking, on a pet animal by any person not licensed as a veterinarian a class C felony.  Specifies that accepted veterinary practices and cropping or docking as customarily practiced, shall not be considered cruelty to animals in the first degree if performed by a veterinarian licensed under chapter 471, HRS.  (SD1)

 

CPN, JDL

SB 1233

      (SSCR354)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE.

Requires certain private employers to allow employees to take paid leaves of absence for organ, bone marrow, or peripheral blood stem cell donation.  Requires employers to restore an employee returning from leave to the same or equivalent position.  Establishes a private right of action for employees seeking enforcement of provisions.

 

HTH, JDL

SB 1026

      (SSCR159)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.

Provides the Land Use Commission with more efficient and varied methods of dealing with situations where a petitioner has violated the conditions contained in a decision and order.

 

WTL/EGH, JDL

SB 1169, SD1

      (SSCR330)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.

Clarifies the offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture under chapter 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Kaho‘olawe island reserve, including any activity prohibited by rules of the island reserve and any violation of rules regulating fishing in waters within the island reserve except by persons or vessels within one nautical mile of the boundaries of the island reserve.  Clarifies that property seized in accordance with section 199-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may be forfeited and disposed of as provided by law.  (SD1)

 

WTL/THA, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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 Clayton Hee

Chair