I believe that it now passes to the JUD committee. I'm still learning how the process works.
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Oops, I missed HiCarry's post.
So, now, should we email the members of the JUD committee the same as the PBS committee?
Yep, it goes to JUD now.
While i would strongly suggest that folks get their testimony ready, I wouldn't send it in yet. For one thing, I am not sure how they handle testimony they get on bills not scheduled to be heard yet.
Second, we have gotten some info that the wording of the bill may need to be strengthened a bit. So, it may be necessary, if that wording needs to be changed, to modify any testimony to reflect those suggested changes.
But, as I said, do not let that stop you from writting something up now. Sometimes there is very little advanced notice about the hearings, so it's best to have something ready to go, and ammend it as needed when we get any suggested changes, rather than wait for the suggested changes to come out before writting anything.
I will try to keep folks informed as best I can....but I can get called out at anytime and be gone for up to 2 weeks at a time, so it is good to have some redundecy in our system....so keep checking the status of the bill for the hearings. You can also sign up for automatic e-mails when hearing notices come out. You can do that here:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/signup/If you want to watch this bill, sign up for the notices for JUD committee. You can sign up for others if you wish.