STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1371

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 550

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 550, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure public safety by prohibiting the consumption, purchase, possession, sale, offer for sale, or distribution of powdered alcohol in the State.

The Department of Public Safety, Honolulu Police Department, a member of the Hawaii County Council, and Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii provided testimony in support of this measure.  Hawaii Smokers Alliance and two individuals provided testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making the measure effective upon approval.

     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. 550, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 550, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair