Bills of interest for THURSDAY, February 17, 2011

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 329
HEARING NOTICE

INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING TO DISCUSS HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Focus on child labor, sex slavery, forced labor, barriers to combating human trafficking, solutions and policy changes to better address human trafficking.


COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 309
HEARING NOTICE

HB876 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY
Directs the department of public safety and the department of accounting and general services to plan and design the construction and operation of a new minimum security facility at the site of the existing Oahu community correctional facility. ($) (M.OSHIRO)

HB1650 RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Directs DPS to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, development, and operation of a correctional treatment facility and to consider the undeveloped portion on the existing Halawa correctional facility as a possible site for the facility. Appropriates funds. ($) (CHANG)


COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 312
HEARING NOTICE

HB1307 RELATING TO TAXATION
Provides a temporary tax credit for residential construction and remodeling projects. Requires a report to the legislature comparing the impact on jobs and the state budget for various tax credit applications. Sunsets 12/31/13. (HAR)


COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
10:00 A.M.
ROOM 329
HEARING NOTICE

HB576 RELATING TO CRIME
Establishes class A and B felony sex trafficking offenses and provisions related to prosecution of the offenses. Effective upon approval. (BELATTI)


COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS
10:00 A.M.
ROOM 312
HEARING NOTICE

DECISION MAKING ONLY ON HB1551 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit to provide a designated income tax credit for certain qualifying counties. Removes tax credit caps. Provides an additional bonus for qualifying spending related to computer aided special or visual effects and animation. Establishes a non-refundable tax credit with a carry forward period of up to ten years to encourage film production development in certain qualified counties. Allows for a certain exemption from the transient accommodation tax for stays exceeding thirty days. Permits certain production tax credits to be assigned.


COMMITTEE ON CULTURE & THE ARTS
10:30 A.M.
ROOM 329
HEARING NOTICE

HB1124 RELATING TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DAY
Designates August 4 as President Barack Obama Day. (MIZUNO)


COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 308
HEARING NOTICE

HB838, HD1 RELATING TO REAPPORTIONMENT
Appropriates $732,430 for fiscal year 2011 to support reapportionment and authorizes five full-time temporary positions within the office of elections. (HB838 HD1) ($) (SAY)


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

HB461, HD1 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT
Enacts Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to ensure ability of members of the military and others eligible voters who are overseas to participate in all elections for federal, state, and local offices. Authorizes ballots and balloting materials to be transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB461 HD1) (KEITH-AGARAN)

HB688 RELATING TO EDUCATION
Requires the department of education to maintain, monitor, and enforce anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies and procedures to protect students or groups of students from bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment. (AWANA)


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
2:30 P.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

HB1627 HD1 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT
Establishes procedures for state recognition of a first nation government. (HB1627 HD1) ($) (HANOHANO)


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
3:00 P.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

HB781 RELATING TO GAMING
Grants 10-year license for 1 stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel. Establishes Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes 6.75% wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program. ($) (SAY BR)

HB1225 RELATING TO BINGO
Allows bingo to be conducted by 1 licensee at 1 location on lands designated by the Hawaiian homes commission. Creates Hawaii bingo commission within department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate bingo. Allocates 20% of general excise tax on gross receipts to the state general fund; 1% for a compulsive gambler program; up to 4% for administrative expenses; and the balance for deposit into the Hawaiian home lands trust fund. (CARROLL)


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
4:00 P.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

HB1575 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Amends Hawaii public funding pilot project to raise the program cap, to repeal the requirement of a minimum fund amount, to extend the period for signature collection, and clarify provision of matching funds. (LUKE)