STAND. COM. REP. NO.  746-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2693

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Prohibit the denial of emergency shelter by places of public accommodation;

 

     (2)  Clarify that places of public accommodation and their agents and employees are protected from liability when providing emergency shelter; and

 

     (3)  Clarify that any facility that is receiving compensation from a person sheltered there and owners of properties made available for shelter use may be exempted from civil liability for providing emergency access to land, shelter, and subsistence during a disaster.

 

     The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and one individual testified in support of this measure.  The Maui Chamber of Commerce testified in opposition.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair