Friday, February 18, 2011

Bills of interest for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE/COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
9:00 A.M.
AUDITORIUM
HEARING NOTICE

INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING: The Department of Budget and Finance will brief the House Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on the Governor’s proposed biennium budget for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.


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

HEARING NOTICE


HB194 RELATING TO EVIDENCE
Makes permanent the limited news media privilege against the compelled disclosure of sources and unpublished information. (WARD)

HB618 RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Makes the use of another person's name or persona to create a web page on or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site, without the permission of the other person, and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any person, a misdemeanor. Makes the repeated commission of this offense a class C felony. Provides that harassment by impersonation, if committed with the intent to solicit a response by emergency services personnel, is a class C felony. (EVANS)

HB44 RELATING TO PROSTITUTION
Makes it a misdemeanor to offer or agree to pay a fee to engage in sexual conduct within 750 feet of a school or public park. Effective 7/1/11. (RHOADS)

HB241 RELATING TO PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Increases the grade of offense for promoting prostitution in the first, second, and third degree to a class A, B, and C felony, respectively. (SAY BR)

HB242 RELATING TO PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Amends Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, to make the offense of habitual solicitation of prostitution a class C felony. (SAY BR)