STAND. COM. REP. NO. 545-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2871
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2871, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOBACCO,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to promote the health and well-being of public school students by:
(1) Prohibiting smoking by public employees in public schools, on school transport, and at school-sponsored functions; and
(2) Excluding smoking in public schools as a negotiable item for all public employees.
The Department of Health, Department of Human Resources Development, American Lung Association, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, and several concerned citizens submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the prohibition of smoking in public areas within 25 feet of entrance gates to any public school property; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2871, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2871, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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