STAND. COM. REP. NO.  790

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 28

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 28, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEAD HUMAN BODIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent commercial exploitation of human body remains by:

     (1)  Prohibiting the sale of dead human bodies, including human bodies or remains that have been plastinated through the use of polymers; and

     (2)  Increasing the monetary penalty for misuse of a dead human body from $1,000 to $5,000.

     The Laogai Research Foundation and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 28, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair