Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.R. No. 117 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to urge the Legislature to set an example by designating all areas of the state capitol smoke free.

The Department of Health, American Heart Association, Kaiser Permanente, and Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii supported this concurrent resolution.

Your Committees find that smoking is prohibited in most public, reception, and waiting areas of state-owned buildings, but is not enforced with respect to the State Capitol. As such, designating the State Capitol as a smoke free workplace would set a good example for our children and out-of-state visitors, and bring the Legislature into alignment with the spirit of the state law.

Upon further consideration, this resolution has been amended by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 117, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 117, H.D. 1.