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Home My WebLink About2026-03-18 Committee on the Status of Women AgendaC. KIMO ALAMEDA ount o Hawail KELDEN B.A. WALTJEN Mayor COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Prosecuting Attorney Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 961-0466 * Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING NOTICE DATE: Wednesday, March 18, 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: !]jjt,,)s://www zoo�r�-n oy co�r�� /161223'7265,.,'��irjwd�=�FJ�bOddUu�la,.,,��M6tjZ�r��e�N8�E��99W�beXCw�m 1 Meeting I D : 161 223 7265 Passcode: 591628 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�w �w�w w iris � �� ii ii � r a n� ors w r Fax: - .e• 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. If you 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. i a ir'i� a ir'i� �, � 'ii'i r �a �n� ct.tt r ° 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. ROLL CALL III. INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS IV. TESTIMONY/COMMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT/AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC: A. 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. B. Written Testimony V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES for 11/19/25 and 2/18/26 meetings VI. STANDING REPORTS A. (HSCSW) Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Jennifer Stotter, Ex- Officio member to provide updates and announcements B. TREASURER'S REPORT C. CORRESPONDENCE (a) From Prosecutor's Office, Dated 02/02/26 re. ITAV Resource Fair (b) From YWCA, dated 3/3/26 regarding re. Denim Day VII. OLD BUSINESS A. For Action — Election of Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer B. For Discussion - Brochure, what changes does the committee want. Chair created a draft. C. For Discussion and Action - Social Media Handle, update from Chair. Drafting guidelines for social media and external communications consistent with C of Hawaii and Prosecuting Attorney's Office. D. For Discussion and Action — Establishing vendor list and vote on items for CS Swag bags. E. For Discussion - Creating Survey for CSW for public use in collecting date from women of the community. Discussion on who would create survey and what questions need to be asked. VIII. NEW BUSINESS: A. For Discussion - Chair Parks will go over committee member attendance and open committee seats for appointment by the Mayor's Office. B. For Discussion — Timeline for Expenditure/Encumbrance of FY26 budget appropriation, identification of potential purchases C. For Discussion — 2026 CSW Monthly Focus Calendar D. For Discussion and Action - Current 2026 legislative session bills that CSW can show support and provide testimony. Including Bi-partisan Women's Legislative Caucus bill package. a. SB2843/HB1959: Relating to Domestic Violence -Extends for five years certain provisions from Act 19, SLH 2O20, and Act 238, SLH 2O21, relating to abuse of family or household members, including establishing a petty misdemeanor offense of abuse of family or household members, clarifying penalties for violations, and allowing a deferred acceptance of guilty plea for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse of family or household members offenses. Effective 6/29/2026. b. SB2841/HB1960: Relating to Human Trafficking -Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop a Human Trafficking Awareness Training Program to educate and train workers in the transient accommodations sector. Requires transient accommodations employers to periodically provide the human trafficking awareness training to certain employees and contract workers; keep records of the training; post signage; and develop and implement a human trafficking prevention policy that includes procedures for the reporting of suspected human trafficking. Establishes penalties. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules. c. SB2845/HB1961: Relating to Health Care -Prohibits persons from interfering with another person's access to or from a health care facility or disrupting the normal functioning of a health care facility. Makes violations a petty misdemeanor. Establishes a private right of action for individuals and health care facilities harmed as a result of interference with a health care facility. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action for injunctive or other equitable relief. d. SB2842/HB1962 Relating to Family -Establishes an exemption from mediation in parentage proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to domestic abuse. e. SB2844/HB1963: Relating to Image -Based Sexual Abuse -Establishes the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate or private images as a criminal offense. Amends the criteria for an extended term of imprisonment to include an offender whose act of attempting to commit or committing the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate or private images against a minor or vulnerable adult resulted in the victim's death. f. HR5/HCR6, SR7/SCR7: -Affirming and supporting the requirement that hospitals provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people, including reproductive and abortion services, when such care is medically necessary to stabilize a patient under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. E. For Discussion and Action — Determine use or distribution of Gift Cards being held by Prosecutors Office that was purchased for the FY2025 approved Equal Pay Project. F. For Discussion and Action - Updating the Annual Hawai'i Island Family Services Directory for 2026-2027 G. For Discussion and Action — Adoption of the County of Hawaii CSW Operating Procedures update for 2026 & 2027 fiscal. H. For Discussion and Action —Updating of Hawaii County CSW Bylaws (revised 2015) I. For Discussion and Action — Adoption of Annual Plan for fiscal year 2025-2026 J. For Report —Attendance of Farrah on behalf of CSW at the West Hawaii Family Violence Interagency Fair on 03/06/26. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Next meeting: Wednesday, April 151" at 11:30 a.m., (in person or via zoom). If any member of the Committee is unable to attend the scheduled meeting, please contact support staff at least one (1) day prior to the meeting date. B. Please share agenda items twelve (12) days prior to next meeting date (agenda item deadline: April 1st 2026) C. Duration of meetings shall not exceed 2hrs., any items not covered on the agenda shall be continued by way of vote to the next regular meeting. X. ADJOURNMENT Executive Session: An executive session may be called in order for the Committee to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the committee's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities, pursuant to Section 92-5 (a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes. 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 If 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), Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i's website, https://www.hawaiicounty.gov, under Boards and Commissions tab "Sign Up for Boards and Commission Email Notifications" and fill out the e- form. Direct Link: https://www.hawaiicountygov/our-county/boards-and-commissions/sign-up-for-boards- and- commissions -email -notifications.