THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair |
Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair |
MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004
TIME: |
3:00 PM |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):
(Deferred from Thursday, April 1, 2004)
HB 2786 HD1, SD1 (SSCR2988) PROPOSED SD2 |
RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Requires award of attorney's fees and costs to beneficiary or policyholder who successfully establishes insurer's liability under insurance policy in judicial proceeding, arbitration, or other proceeding before the insurance commissioner; extends the effective date of the uniform arbitration act from 6/30/04 to 6/30/05. (SD1) |
CPH, JHW |
HB 1859 HD2 (SSCR2905) PROPOSED SD1 |
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Clarifies that DPS deputy sheriffs and narcotics enforcement officers, and Attorney General investigators are required to report child abuse cases. Allows these employees to take a child victim into protective custody. (SD1) |
HMS, JHW |
HB 1261 HD2 (HSCR735) PROPOSED SD1 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Provides security for the governor and lt. Governor and for any other elected public officials. Permits security for their immediate family members deemed necessary to protect them from imminent danger. (SD1) |
JHW |
HB 1004 HD1 (SSCR1060) PROPOSED SD1 |
RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF CONVICTED DEFENDANTS. Amends Act 161, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002 by providing convictions prior to Act 161 to be re-sentenced, allows other convictions associated with the drug offense to be expunged, and allows expungement of the conviction of the drug offense. (SD1) |
JHW |
HB 189 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1120) |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES FOR SEX ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS. Authorizes nonreligious hospitals to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault survivors. (SD1) |
HTH, JHW |
HB 537 HD1 (HSCR658) |
RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Adds sexual orientation as a protected status for laws prohibiting discrimination in housing. Creates an additional exemption to discrimination in housing law. Adds sexual orientation and familial status as protected statuses in anti-blockbusting law. (HB537 HD1) |
JHW |
No testimony will be accepted.
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