Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3262, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit smoking in places open to the public and places of employment, providing a consistent level of basic protections statewide from exposure to secondhand smoke while allowing counties to implement laws with greater restrictions.

The Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Health, University of Hawaii, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Kaiser Permanente, Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, Castle Medical Center, Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368, AFL-CIO, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Pacific Health, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, Mililani Town Anti-Drug Committee, MothersCare for Tomorrow's Children, Maui Tobacco-Free Partnership, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure and offered an amendment. A concerned individual opposed this bill. The American Lung Association of Hawaii, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training, and a concerned individual offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 3262, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.