HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Chair

Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Chris Lee

Rep. Tom Brower

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Jessica Wooley

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Bob McDermott

Rep. Derek S.K. Kawakami

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, January 17, 2014

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 60, SD1

(HSCR1010)

Status

RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES.

Requires victims of crimes and surviving immediate family members to be notified of their right to participate in the restorative justice process.  Effective on 07/01/50.  (SD1)

 

HUS, JUD

HB 195

Status

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.

Prohibits the office of the public guardian from petitioning for its own appointment as guardian of the person for an incapacitated person.  Authorizes the court to allow the office to manage a ward's financial assets where no conservatorship is in effect.

 

JUD

HB 255, HD1

(HSCR114)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of public safety to establish a three-year medical release pilot project.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (HB255 HD1)

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 272

(HSCR82)

Status

RELATING TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES.

Makes abusive conduct against a public employee a workplace safety and health violation.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 400, HD1

(HSCR200)

Status

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Establishes a preference for allowing a child to remain in the family home if it is more likely than not that the child will be safe from harm in the family home.  Provides that in certain circumstances, the court must consider whether the alleged or potential perpetrator of imminent harm, harm, or threatened harm should be removed from the family home rather than continuing the child's placement in foster care; provided that the child's family must bear the burden of establishing that it is in the child's best interests to remove the child, rather than the alleged or potential perpetrator from the family home.  Effective July 1, 2013.  (HB400 HD1)

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 420

Status

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF THE NAMES OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES.

Amends the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require the judicial selection commission to publicly disclose its list of nominees for appointment to the office of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, or district courts concurrently with its presentation of that list to the governor or the chief justice.

 

JUD, FIN

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

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

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.  Those wishing to provide oral testimony will be limited to two minutes. 

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  3 copies (including an original) to Room 438 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-8504 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:     For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website 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 586-6437or 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. Karl Rhoads

Chair