Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 1, 1 January 2012 — LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR [ARTICLE]

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

Here are some key dates this legislative session: Jan. 18: 0pening Day Jan. 23: State of the State Address Jan. 24: 0ne-day recess Jan. 25: Last dayto introduce bills Jan. 26: 0ne-day recess Feb. 23-29: Mandatory five-day recess March 5: 0ne-day recess March T. 0ne-day recess March 8: First Crossover, the deadline for House bills to move to the Senate and vice versa March 29: 0ne-day recess April 9: 0ne-day recess April 11: 0ne-day recess April 12: Second Crossover, the deadline for a House bill to return from the Senate and vice versa Mid-ApriL Conference committees, when small groups of House and Senate members meet to work out their differences on bills April 30: 0ne-day recess May 2: 0ne-day recess May 3: Session ends Legislative web site Visit capitol.hawaii.gov to track measures, find contact information for lawmakers and submit testimony. Public Access Room The Public Access Room in Room 401 of the state Capitol offers work space to prepare testimony. It has computers, copies of legislative documents, reference materials, a fax maehine, phones, a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf/text teletypewriter (TDD/ TTY) telephone, and a copy maehine. The Public Access Room is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Public Access Room staff offer classes on the legislative process, reading legislative documents, writing and presenting testimony, and using relevant legislative web sites. For a class schedule or to request special training for your group or organization, email par@ capitol.hawaii.gov orcall: Phone: 587-0478, TTY: 587-0749 Toll-free from the Neighbor lslands by dialing the following number followed by extension x70478: Hawai'i: 974-4000, Maui: 984-2400, Kaua'i: 274-3141, Moloka'i/Lāna'i: 1-800-468-4644