THE SENATE

S.R. NO.

150

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO FORMALIZE AND MAKE MANDATORY THE SUBMISSION OF THE ORDER FOR SELF-QUARANTINE, SAFE TRAVELS APPLICATION, AND INTERISLAND DECLARATION FORMS.

 

 


     WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture requires, prior to disembarkation, all domestic and international airline passengers entering and remaining in the State to complete and submit the Plants and Animals Declaration Form; and

 

     WHEREAS, all domestic and international passenger airlines that offer the State as a destination provide the Plants and Animals Declaration Form to in-flight passengers prior to arrival in the State; and

 

WHEREAS, these airlines collect and deliver any completed forms to a designated gate agent, who then delivers the forms to a Department of Agriculture office located in the airport; and

 

     WHEREAS, during the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Transportation developed the Order for Self-Quarantine, Safe Travels Application, and Interisland Declaration forms to track important health and destination information from the State's incoming interisland, domestic, and international airline passengers; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, the Department of Transportation is requested to formalize and make mandatory the submission of the Order for Self-Quarantine, Safe Travels Application, and Interisland Declaration forms from each airline passenger entering the State or traveling interisland; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Transportation, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

 

 

 

Report Title: 

Mandatory Submission of Forms by Airline Travelers Arriving in the State