Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Bills of Interest - Thursday, January 27, 2011

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS
9:00 A.M.
STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 312


HB96 RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Prohibits use by minors of false identification to purchase liquor. Establishes fines and other penalties. Designates fifty per cent of revenues from fines to county programs for underage drinking awareness and prevention. (YAMASHITA)

HB656 RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Authorizes the county liquor commissions to require training and certification for liquor servers. (EVANS)

HB678 RELATING TO INFORMATION
Requires a business or government agency responsible for the inadvertent, unauthorized disclosure of personal information to pay for the person's access to credit reports for at least three years. (ITO)


COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
9:00 A.M.
STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 329

HB574 RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Makes fear of domestic or sexual violence a good cause for not accepting otherwise suitable, available work. (CULLEN)

HB684 RELATING TO MINORS
Allows a minor to give informed consent for emergency shelter and related services. (AWANA)

HB726 RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN
Gives children in the foster care system the option to remain under the jurisdiction of the family court system until they reach the age of twenty-one; amends current law to require a transition plan for children once they have reached the age of fourteen. (MIZUNO)


COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS
10:00 A.M.
STAE CAPITOL, ROOM 325


INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING: Inter-island renewable energy transmission cable
Presentations by Joshua Strickler, Renewable Energy Programs, DBEDT and Robbie Alm, Executive Vice President, Hawaiian Electric Company

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