STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1570

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1073

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 1073, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide a cleaner, healthier environment in state correctional facilities by authorizing smoking for employees and volunteers of a correctional facility only in areas designated by the warden of the facility that are outside a correctional facility restricted from access by inmates or detainees.

     The Department of Public Safety, American Cancer Society, and Hawaii Medical Association supported this bill.  The Department of Health and the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.  The American Lung Association in Hawaii, United Public Workers AFSCME Local 646 AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Clarifying that smoking areas may be designated by the warden of a correctional facility that are within the boundaries of the facility but outside the secure confines of the facility; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1073, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1073, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair