HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair

Rep. Linda Ichiyama, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Sam Satoru Kong

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. John M. Mizuno

Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Romy M. Cachola

Rep. Lauren Matsumoto

Rep. Sharon E. Har

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Thursday, March 28, 2019

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 203, HD1

(HSCR1523)

Status

RELATING TO VACCINATIONS.

Clarifies that pharmacists may perform certain vaccinations or immunizations and are required to maintain immunization records.  (SB203 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 777, SD1, HD1

(HSCR1309)

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

Clarifies the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal.  (SB777 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 541, SD1, HD1

(HSCR1410)

Status

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCTS.

Simplifies the list of manufactured cannabis products that may be manufactured and distributed by dispensaries.  Updates transdermal patches to department-approved transdermal devices in section 329D-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, thereby including non-patch devices that deliver through the dermis.  (SB541 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 341, SD2, HD1

(HSCR1544)

Status

RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

Exempts certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist from behavior analyst licensing requirements.  Clarifies that the licensure exemption for registered behavior technicians applies to those working under the direction of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist.  (SB341 HD1)

 

LHE/IAC, CPC

SB 549, SD1, HD1

(HSCR1699)

Status

RELATING TO HEALTHY BEVERAGES FOR CHILDREN.

Requires restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage to make the default beverage a healthy beverage.  (SB549 HD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 638, SD1

(HSCR1474)

Status

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Adds unlicensed sale of liquor and unlicensed manufacture of liquor as offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture and increases the grade of the offense of unlicensed sale of liquor to a class C felony.  Amends definitions of "organized crime" and "racketeering activity" to include the unlicensed sale of liquor.  (SD1)

 

JUD, CPC

SB 770, SD1, HD1

(HSCR1633)

Status

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES.

Requires a high school education or its equivalent as a condition for new applicants to obtain a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson.  (SB770 HD1)

 

IAC, CPC

SB 980, HD1

(HSCR1540)

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Defines, for the purpose of compulsory education, a private school to be an education institution that teaches kindergarten through grade twelve and that is licensed or accredited by specified licensing or accrediting organizations.  (SB980 HD1)

 

LHE, CPC

SB 1000, SD2, HD1

(HSCR1514)

Status

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Prohibits the issuance of building permits pursuant to an application initiated on or after January 1, 2020, for all new residential multi-family buildings that have ten or more parking stalls and new commercial buildings that have twenty or more parking stalls unless at least twenty per cent of the parking stalls are electric vehicle charger ready, subject to superseding county ordinances.  (SB1000 HD1)

 

EEP/TRN, CPC

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER: 12 copies (including an original) to Room 426 in the State Capitol;

FAX:     For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-6221 (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 20MB 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 586-6170 or 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. Roy M. Takumi

Chair