STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1445-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 305

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND E-CIGARETTES ON HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PREMISES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect patients, employees, and other visitors to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities from exposure to second-hand smoke and other potentially harmful substances and to promote positive health practices, by prohibiting any person from using tobacco products or electronic smoking devices on the premises of any facility.

 

     The Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Legacy of Life Hawaii, American Heart Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, The Queen's Health Systems, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, and American Lung Association in Hawaii provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided comments.  

 

     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 S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair