Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit smoking in places open to the public and places of employment.

This bill will protect the public health and welfare by ensuring a consistent level of protection statewide from exposure to secondhand smoke.

Your Committee on Conference amended this bill by changing the effective date to November 16, 2006 to coincide with date of The Great American Smokeout, an annual November event sponsored by the American Cancer Society to help smokers quit cigarettes for at least one day, in the hope that they will quit forever.

Your Committee further amended this bill by changing references from "public places" to "places open to the public" and by making technical, non-substantive amendments for purposes of consistency and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.