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Home My WebLink About2025-03-19 Committee on the Status of Women Agenda C. KIMO ALAMEDA County of Hawai`i KELDEN B.A. WALTJEN Mayor Prosecuting Attorney COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Office of the Prosecuting Attorney (808) 961-0466 Fax (808) 961-8908 AGENDA DATE: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 TIME: 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. PLACE: 655 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, HI 96720 Committee members will participate in-person, via ZOOM, or by teleconference. Members of the public may attend this meeting either in-person at the meeting location or via ZOOM: Join ZoomGov Meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1603809408?pwd=wZddskZKK0JITlErikqWr23ol0lpp4.1 Meeting ID: 160 380 9408 Passcode: 994597 Notice: This meeting will be held online via ZoomGov platform. Anyone may attend either online, by telephone, or in-person. Anyone may provide oral testimony on any agenda item at the meeting. Written testimony on any agenda item may also be submitted prior to the meeting date to Jan- Marie Osorio, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 655 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, HI 96720. Email: Jan- Marie.Osorio@hawaiiprosecutors.gov Fax: (808) 961-8908. The meeting shall be automatically recessed for up to thirty (30) minutes to restore communication when audiovisual communication cannot be maintained with all members participating in the meeting and with the in-person location identified in this agenda. The meeting may reconvene when either audiovisual communication is restored, or audio -only communication is established after an unsuccessful attempt to restore audiovisual communication. If it is not possible to reconvene the meeting as provided in this section within thirty (30) minutes after an interruption to communication, the meeting shall be automatically terminated. Ifyou need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Jan-Marie Osorio, Crime Prevention Program Manager, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney,655 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, HI 96720. Email: Jan-Marie.Osorio@hawaiiprosecutors.gov Fax: (808) 961-8908 as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats. AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The public may provide oral testimony either in-person at the meeting location or via Zoom. Pursuant to HRS Section 92-3, interested persons who want to provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the Committee takes public statements on agenda items, or at the time the specific agenda item is called. III. ROLL CALL A. CSW Current Membership Update IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES for February 19, 2025 Meeting V. REPORT A. Approval of Report on budget and spending VI. CORRESPONDENCE A. Invitation for a CSW member to be a panelist speaker in a community forum hosted by Hawaii Island Community Health Center taking place in September 2025 in West Hawaii. VII. REPORTS A. Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) Ex-Officio member B. Family Violence Interagency Committee (FVIC): meeting with local agencies in collaboration with Office of Prosecuting Attorney on issues of domestic andfamily a. Meeting Dates: i. East Side: Meeting first Monday of the month ii. West Side: Meeting every second Wednesday of the month VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Continued discussion on the history of the contest regularly performed by CSW and direction of the project moving forward with the local schools. B. Election of Officers C. HB 729/HD1/HD2 Relating to Marriage of Minors: Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Repeals exemptions for sexual assault of a minor if the perpetrator is married to the minor. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) IX. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS A. Communications Sub-Committee a. Family Services Directory: CSW and OPA completes its update of the 2024- updates. Community feedback; distribution report. B. Legislative/Advocacy Sub-Committee a. Deliberation and decision making from PIG 1. HB 727 t C. Outreach Sub-Committee a. Vote: Approval of Period Poverty Project Rationale D. Research Sub-Committee X. ANNOUNCEMENTS XI. NEXT MEETING AGENDA ITEMS A. Open Forum: Public comments on issues not on the agenda for consideration for the agenda at the next meeting. B. Next meeting: On Zoom Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. XII. ADJOURNMENT Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist \[Article 15, Section 2- 91. 3( b), Hawaii County Code\]. A lobbyist means " any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." \[ Article 15, Section 2- 91. 3 ( a)( 6), Hawaii County Code\]. Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk -Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. Notification Sign-Up: Anyone can sign-up for email notifications for information from this Committee by subscribing through the County of website, https://www.hawaiicounty.gov, under Boards and Commissions tab Up for Boards and Commission Email and fill out the e-form. 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