Bills of interest for Wednesday, March 16, 2011

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 309
HEARING NOTICE

SB643, SD2 RELATING TO EXCESSIVE SPEEDING
Authorizes the court to order forfeiture of any vehicle owned by the defendant if it was used in the commission of the excessive speeding offense and if the defendant has at least two prior excessive speeding convictions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) (KIDANI)


COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 312
HEARING NOTICE

SB249, SD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Appropriates funds to DOA to acquire a slaughterhouse within the Campbell Industrial Park on the island of Oahu; to fund necessary construction, renovation, and improvement projects; and to purchase equipment for the slaughterhouse. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2) ($) (DELA CRUZ)

SB281, SD2 RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Authorizes the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities for commercial purposes. Establishes the animal industry special fund. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) ($) (KAHELE)


COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS/COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
11:00 A.M.
ROOM 329
HEARING NOTICE

SB284, SD2 RELATING TO CORRECTIONS
Establishes and appropriates funds for a program within DPS that assigns non-violent inmates to a work detail that restores historical sites selected by OHA. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) ($) (KAHELE)


COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE/COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

SB651, SD2 RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES
Requires foreclosing mortgagees to engage in a dispute resolution process at the election of a mortgagor before carrying out a judicial or nonjudicial power of sale foreclosure; authorizes the supreme court to adopt rules for dispute resolution; establishes a special fund for foreclosure dispute resolution to be expended by the judiciary; imposes a moratorium on foreclosures for 6 months after effective date; makes appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) (BAKER)


SB652, SD2 RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES
Implements recommendations of the mortgage foreclosure task force relating to service of notice, conversion from nonjudicial to judicial foreclosure, the bar against deficiency judgments, notice of pendency of action, and extinguishment of the mortgagor's interest pursuant to the old nonjudicial foreclosure law. Requires a 21 day notice of foreclosure to insurers of the subject property. Requires public sale of property after a nonjudicial power of sale foreclosure to be held at the state building in the county seat of the county where the property is located or, for the city and county of Honolulu, at the state building designated by the department of accountings and general services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) (BAKER)

SB1519, SD3 RELATING TO MORTGAGE ORIGINATORS
Amends the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act to require all mortgage loan originators to work under the sponsorship of a registered entity; specifies standards for processing denied, abandoned, and withdrawn applications; specifies additional prohibited practices and prohibited loan terms; specifies duties and qualifications for supervisory staff of sponsoring entities; restricts fees payable to a licensee; clarifies confidentiality provisions for applications; establishes licensing fees for sponsoring entities; makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD3) (GALUTERIA)


COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 309
HEARING NOTICE

SB934, SD2 RELATING TO BULLYING AND CYBERBULLYING
Establishes a bullying and cyberbullying policy for all public schools. Requires implementation of the policy in all public schools. Establishes bullying and cyberbullying reporting requirements for all public schools. Establishes a misdemeanor offense of bullying or cyberbullying a minor. Defines "bullying" and "cyberbullying". Requires the department of education and the charter school review panel to report to the legislature annually. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) (KIDANI)

SB1385, SD2 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS
Establishes the public school lands trust to provide for the maximum use of public school lands in order to generate income to improve public school facilities and infrastructure to meet the challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Requires that any sale of land from the public school lands trust be approved by no less than two thirds of each house of the legislature. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2) ($) (TOKUDA)

SB1485, SD1 RELATING TO RECONSTITUTING SCHOOLS
Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for certain charter schools. Allows the superintendent to recommend actions to the charter school review panel, including the revocation of a school's charter. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) (TOKUDA)

SB1375, SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION
Requires multi-track public schools to have a school year of at least 171 days or a specified percentage of the minimum days for other non-charter public schools and a certain percentage of the minimum student instructional hours. Requires DOE to submit to the legislature a plan to implement a school year for multi-track schools beginning with the 2015-2016 school year of a certain percentage of the minimum instructional days and hours required of other non-charter public schools. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) (KIDANI)

SB1384, SD2 RELATING TO EDUCATION
Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, requires children in public or private kindergarten programs to be assessed by an early learning educator prior to entering first grade to ensure the child is qualified to enter the first grade. Requires any assessment conducted by a private kindergarten program to be certified by the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools or the early learning council. Requires children who do not attend kindergarten to be assessed by DOE prior to entering first grade in a public school. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) (TOKUDA)