COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

 

Thursday, March 11, 2010

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2697, SD1

(SSCR2389)

Status

 

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Modernizes Insurance Code.  Effective 7/1/50.  (SD1)

 

CPC/JUD

SB 2699, SD1

(SSCR2108)

Status

RELATING TO RESTORATION OF CERTAIN FORFEITED PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES.

Establishes times limits to restore forfeited chiropractic examiner licenses and individual real estate broker and salesperson licenses.  (SD1)

 

CPC/JUD

SB 2472, SD2

(SSCR2609)

Status

RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES.

Requires thirty days written notice of the mortgagee's intent to foreclose and make the mortgagor aware of the availability of mortgage counseling; requires a foreclosing mortgagee to, upon the mortgagor's request, provide a copy of the promissory note and mortgage documents before initiating foreclosure proceedings; and clarifies that seventy per cent of an appraisal or banker's price opinion is a fair and reasonable public sale price.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC/JUD

SB 2603, SD2

(SSCR2527)

Status

RELATING TO THE SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT.

Makes amendments to the application, licensing, and regulatory requirements of the Secure and Fair Mortgage Licensing Act.  Establishes the mortgage recovery fund to protect consumers injured by violations of chapter 454F, HRS.  Includes mortgage loan originator companies in the regulatory system established by chapter 454F.  Authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to hire temporary and permanent staff to effectuate the purposes of chapter 454F, HRS.  (SD2)

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 


CPC only

 

2:05 p.m. AGENDA:

 

Decision making only (heard on 03/10/10)

SB 2910

(SSCR2536)

Status

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Prohibits a foreclosing mortgagee or mortgagee who acquires a property from requiring that a buyer purchase title insurance or escrow services from any particular vendor as a condition of sale.

 

CPC, JUD

SB 2809, SD2

(SSCR2477)

Status

RELATING TO UTILITIES REGULATION.

Appropriates moneys for the reorganization of the public utilities commission and the department of commerce and consumer affairs' division of consumer advocacy.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

SB 2165, SD1

(SSCR2490)

Status

RELATING TO PRIVATE GUARDS.

Establishes licensure requirements, including training, instruction, and continuing education for guards and individuals acting in a guard capacity.  Directs the board of private detectives and guards to make rules.  (SD1)

 

CPC, FIN

SB 2501, SD1

(SSCR2391)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

Requires peer reviews at the time of renewal of certified public accountancy permits to practice.  (SD1)

 

CPC, FIN

 

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

 

Friday, March 12, 2010

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2527, SD2

(SSCR2338)

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Amends the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include milk, eggs, poultry, and livestock of the bovine, equine, swine, sheep, or goat species and the carcasses or meat of those species.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

HR 40/HCR 89

Status

RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS "HAWAI`I-GROWN CACAO MONTH."

 

 

AGR, TCI

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

Friday, March 12, 2010

9:30 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2163, SD2

(SSCR2413)

Status

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF NURSING.

Defines the practice of nursing; directs the state board of nursing to adopt certain provisions of the NCSBN Model Nursing Practice Act and Model Nursing Administrative Rules; delineates the scope of practice for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses; repeals Hawaii Administrative Rules relating to prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses and amends the definition of "advanced practice nurse with prescriptive authority" to reflect this.  (SD2)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 2267, SD2

(SSCR2455)

Status

RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Allows the disability and communication access board to charge a fee to defray expenses of review of construction plans to ensure compliance with law.  Establishes temporary fees until the board adopts permanent fees.  Effective date 1/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HLT, FIN

SB 2390, SD2

(SSCR2414)

Status

RELATING TO PHARMACIST LICENSURE.

Broadens the practical experience requirements for a pharmacist license to include experience obtained in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.  Removes the requirement that supervision must take place in a pharmacy.  Broadens the experience requirements to relate to the practice of pharmacy.  (SD2)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 2490, SD2

(SSCR2478)

Status

RELATING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.

Appropriates moneys from the community health centers special fund to be used by community health centers in the State.  Directs the administration and the department of health to release funds to the community health centers.  Effective 07/01/2050.  (SD2)

 

HLT, FIN

SB 2611, SD2

(SSCR2439)

Status

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Requires the clerk and real property assessment division of each county, at agreed upon intervals, to provide a list of names of all registered voters and individuals receiving real property tax exemptions to the department of health.  Upon receipt, requires department to verify the date of death for any person on the list.  Authorizes the department of health to charge fees for verifications.  Effective 7/1/2099.

 

HLT, FIN

SB 2770, SD1

(SSCR2516)

Status

RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACY.

Clarifies the definitions of "remote dispensing machine" and "remote dispensing pharmacy".  (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 2729, SD2

(SSCR2440)

Status

RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION.

Authorizes the Department of Health to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records to be designated as the "Hawaii Immunization Registry" in order to aid, coordinate, and help promote efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of vaccine preventable diseases, including pandemic influenza.

 

HLT, FIN

SB 2266

(SSCR2004)

Status

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Requires the examiner of drivers to design and implement a system for allowing license applicants to voluntarily indicate their blood type on a driver's license.

 

HLT, TRN

SB 2474, SD1

(SSCR2550)

Status

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR VIOLATIONS INVOLVING MINORS.

Establishes an immunity from prosecution for consumption of intoxicating liquor by a minor if the minor summons medical treatment for another minor who requires such treatment as a result of consuming liquor.  Also applies to the intoxicated minor and one or two other minors assisting the summoning minor.  (SD1)

 

HLT, JUD/CPC

Decision making to follow.

 

 

HLT/AGR only

 

11:00 a.m. AGENDA:

 

SB 2466, SD2

(SSCR2525)

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WOMEN AND INFANT CHILDREN FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds as a state match toward the development and administration of the Women and Infant Children Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.  Effecting 7/1/2099. (SD2)

 

HLT/AGR, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 


COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Friday, March 12, 2010

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2174

(SSCR2396)

Status

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Replaces a public member on the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System with a member selected by the Council of Mayors.

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2175, SD1

(SSCR2424)

Status

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Requires one trustee of the employer-union health benefits trust fund to be occupied by a representative appointed by the Hawaii council of mayors to represent county interests.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2691, SD1

(SSCR2452)

Status

RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFITS.

Requires by March 1, 2011, all retirees and beneficiaries of the ERS to designate a financial institution account into which retirement benefit may be deposited.  (SD1)

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2393, SD2

(SSCR2450)

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates moneys to fund collective bargaining cost items relating to the employer contributions to the Hawaii employer‑union health benefits trust fund.  Effective 7/1/2099.

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2884, SD2

(SSCR2451)

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates moneys to fund collective bargaining cost items for collective bargaining unit (10) relating to the employer contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.  Effective 07/01/2050.

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2626, SD1

(SSCR2616)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

Requires every state agency to report to the legislature all non-civil service, temporary employees employed by the agency for each quarterly period of the fiscal year.  Establishes a definition for initial probation period; amends section 27(a)(1), HRS, to provide that the initial probation period for a person transferring between a position exempt under section 76-16, HRS, to a civil service position between 12/15/2009 and 12/31/2011 shall be 12 months.  (SD1)

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2549, SD1

(SSCR2407)

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Amends the appropriation from the UI trust fund and the amounts allocated to the workforce investment boards on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii; amends the appropriation to be used by the workforce development council; repeals the appropriation allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAB, FIN

SB 2883, SD1

(SSCR2557)

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Clarifies that conflicts between a collective bargaining agreement and an employer's policy that concern accrued and available sick leave shall require the terms of the collective bargaining agreement to prevail.  (SD1)

 

LAB, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES

 

Friday, March 12, 2010

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

Decision making only (heard on 03-08-10)

SB 2019, SD1

(SSCR2362)

Status

RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM TERM OF COMMERCIAL USE AND OPERATOR PERMITS FOR THRILL CRAFT AND PARASAILING.

Removes the twenty-year limit for thrill craft and parasailing permits; changes the five-year permit to a one-year permit; adds as a condition for renewal that the permit holder be in compliance with any conditions required by the department in response to community or other complaints filed with the department; effective 7/1/2040.  (SD1)

 

WLO, FIN

SB 2547, SD1

(SSCR2374)

Status

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires small boat harbor commercial vessel permittees who, in the course of providing an excursion between state boating facilities, disembark fare-paying passengers with the expectation that they will enter upon any public or quasi-public real property during the course of their excursion, to comply with all rules and regulations applicable to these areas.  Effective 7/1/50.  (SD1)

 

WLO