2007 FOI Actions

Legislature

All major legislation was held in committee:

 

 

  Measure Report Title Description Ref Current Status Introducer(s) Comp
  SUNSHINE LAW          
1. HB128 Sunshine Law; Public Meetings; Public Officials; Allows two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members that would constitute a quorum, to discuss their individual positions relating to official board business at other board meetings, legislative public hearings, and at other events that include matters relating to official board business. JUD H 1/22/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1 B. OSHIRO, BERG  
2. HB849 Boards and Commissions; Meetings; Quorum Allows 2 or more members, but less than a quorum, of a board or commission to attend presentations, including meetings of other agencies, relating to official board business. Authorizes informational presentations when a quorum is temporarily lost. JUD H 1/22/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 3 SONSON, et al  
3. HB1512 Neighborhood Boards; Public Meetings Authorizes public input at noticed neighborhood board meetings and discussion but not decision on those issues. Allows two or more neighborhood board members, but less than a quorum, to attend meetings relating to board business. Clarifies neighborhood board actions on unanticipated events. JUD H 1/24/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 4 MANAHAN, et al  
4. HB1620 Public Agency Meetings Allows for chance meetings of neighborhood board members. JUD H 1/26/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 5 RHOADS  
5. HB1779 Sunshine Law Allows for two or more members to attend a meeting to gather information on a subject. Allows a greater number of members to serve on an investigative committee. JUD H 1/26/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 5 MARUMOTO  
               
6. SB250 Public Agency Meetings Clarifies that in cases where a meeting has been duly noticed but a board fails to attain a quorum, the remaining members of the board may still receive testimony and presentations. JDL S 1/22/2007 - Referred to JDL. CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, IHARA  
7. SB635 Legislative Sunshine Requirements Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on legislative rules; deeming correspondence on measures to be testimony; giving a forty-eight hour public notice for hearings, second reading, and third reading votes in the order of the day; and requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules. JDL S 1/22/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA, GABBARD  
8. SB1069 Public Agencies; Sunshine Laws Allows any number of board members of a public agency to serve on a committee of that agency. JDL S 1/24/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA (BR)  
9. SB1692 Sunshine Law; Meeting Requirements Enacts new provisions in the open meetings law to facilitate the transacting of business. JDL S 1/30/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA HB1903
10. SB1706 Neighborhood Boards; Public Meetings Authorizes public input at noticed neighborhood board meetings and discussion but not decision on those issues. Allows two or more neighborhood board members, but less than a quorum, to attend meetings relating to board business. Clarifies neighborhood board actions on unanticipated events. IGM, JDL S 1/30/2007 - Referred to IGM, JDL. ENGLISH (BR), et al  
11. SB1786 Sunshine Law; Neighborhood Boards Exempts Neighborhood Boards from Sunshine Law. IGM, JDL S 1/30/2007 - Referred to IGM, JDL. SLOM  
  FOI-UIPA          
12. HB670 Government Records; University of Hawaii Provides a qualified exemption to the University of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Foundation from disclosure of donor information. HED, JUD H 2/2/2007 - The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. CHANG, et al SB83
13. HB913 Public Records; Disclosure Removes real property tax information from the list of public records subject to disclosure in chapter 92F. JUD H 1/24/2007 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 4 TAKAI  
               
14. SB9 Personal Financial Information; Unauthorized Disclosure; Remedy Requires public or private entities responsible for the inadvertent, unauthorized disclosure of personal financial information to pay for access to credit reports for at least 1 year. CPH, JDL S 1/19/2007 - Referred to CPH, JDL. IGE, et al  
15. SB83 Government Records; University of Hawaii Provides a qualified exemption to the University of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Foundation from disclosure of donor information. EDU, JDL S 1/31/2007 - HELD in EDU SAKAMOTO  
16. SB479 Short Form; Information Practices Short Form Bill. JDL S 1/24/2007 - Referred to JDL. HOOSER  
17. SB634 Office of Information Practices; Administrative Fines Authorizes the office of information practices to issue administrative fines against state or county agencies for non-compliance of the Uniform Information Practices Act (open records law). JDL S 1/22/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA  
18. SB684 Uniform Information Practices; University of Hawaii System Requires the public disclosure of proposed compensation or compensation changes for administrative positions in the University of Hawaii system. EDU, JDL S 2/1/2007 - The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-07 at 1:15 pm in conference room 225. SAKAMOTO  
19. SB1080 Office of Information Practices; Appropriation Appropriates funds for 2007-2008, for one additional attorney in the office of information practices. JDL, WAM S 1/24/2007 - Referred to JDL, WAM. IHARA, et al  
20. SB1233 Public Records; Disclosure Removes real property tax information from the list of public records subject to disclosure in chapter 92F. JDL S 1/26/2007 - Referred to JDL. IGE, et al  
21. SB1264 Office of Information Practices; Authority to Assess Fines Authorizes the office of information practices to fine any agency that does not comply with a decision; requires the office to adopt rules that set uniform standards for issuing fines. JDL S 1/26/2007 - Referred to JDL. KIM, et al  
22. SB1300 Office of Information Practices; Contact Person; Public Access Requires each state and county department to designate a contact person for freedom of information inquiries involving the open meetings and records laws (chapters 92 and 92F) and requires the office of information practices to provide training to the departmental contacts; allows the office of information practices to waive fees to access government documents if public interest is served by a waiver. JDL S 1/26/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA, HOOSER  
23. SB1302 Public Agency Hearings and Boards; Expanding Applicability, Enforcement, and Disclosure Makes boards established by official government document subject to the open meetings law; requires actions taken in closed meetings to be announced in public; authorizes the office of information practices to enforce the open meetings law. JDL S 1/26/2007 - Referred to JDL. IHARA  
24. SB1478 Office of information practices. Gives OIP the ability to render decisions. Makes compliance by boards mandatory. Allows OIP to obtain court enforcement of its decision. JDL S 1/29/2007 - Referred to JDL. HANABUSA (BR) HB1392
25. SB1479 Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified). Permits agencies to withhold individuals' social security numbers and home addresses before publicly disclosing, upon request, information concerning contract hires and consultants employed by agencies, and certified payroll records on public works contracts. JDL S 1/29/2007 - Referred to JDL. HANABUSA (BR) HB1393
26. SB1480 Government boards. Allows any number of members of a board to discuss outside of a meeting the selection of the board's officers or assignment of members to the board's committees. JDL S 1/29/2007 - Referred to JDL. HANABUSA (BR) HB1394
27. SB1557 Public Financial Disclosure Statements Requires members of certain executive boards of state departments to file public financial disclosure statements with the commission. JDL S 1/30/2007 - Referred to JDL. HANABUSA (BR) HB910
               

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