THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 21, 2014

TIME:

11:30 am

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2352, SD1

      (SSCR2044)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES.

Requires the administrator or attending physician of a psychiatric facility to provide notice of intent to discharge a patient or patient's admission to voluntary treatment.  Applies section 334-60.7, HRS, to only civil commitments as a direct result of legal proceedings.  Requires the notice to be served by mail at the person's last known address, unless the person waives this right in writing.  Requires courts to conduct hearings within seventy-two hours to determine if the patient still meets the criteria for involuntary hospitalization.  (SD1)

 

HTH/CPN, JDL

SB 2822, SD1

      (SSCR2131)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS.

Authorizes criminal background checks for real estate appraisers as required by federal law.  (SD1)

 

CPN, JDL

SB 2420, SD1

      (SSCR2097)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

Allows the State and counties to perform criminal history record checks on employees, prospective employees, volunteers, and contractors whose positions allow them access to sensitive information, firearms for other than law enforcement purposes, and secured areas related to a traffic management center.  Allows the counties to perform criminal history record checks prior to making an employment offer, and be exempt from the ten year look-back period, for prospective employees whose positions involve the handling or use of firearms for other than law enforcement purposes.  (SD1)

 

HMS/PSM, JDL

SB 2726, SD1

      (SSCR2158)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and utility-terrain vehicles to be driven on any street if the ATV or utility-terrain vehicle is being used as farm equipment, if the operator holds a current category (3) license or a commercial driver's license, and if the operator and passengers wear safety helmets secured with a chin strap.  (SD1)

 

TIA, JDL

SB 2270, SD1

      (SSCR2363)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING.

Confers upon a property owner a private right of action and allows the property owner to file suit directly in circuit court to enforce zoning violations on neighboring properties that directly affect them.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (SD1)

 

PSM, 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