STAND. COM. REP. NO. 680-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2296
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2296 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the prohibition applies to bear gallbladders and bile as well as any product, item, or substance that contains bear gallbladder or bile;
(2) Precluding the applicability of exemptions set forth in section 159-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to violations relating to the prohibitions regarding bear gallbladders and bile; and
(3) Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to facilitate further discussion.
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 H.B. No. 2296, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2296, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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