CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 26

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 673

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 673, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

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 measure is to better address the potential public health and environmental issues related to restricted use pesticides by requiring the Department of Agriculture to publish on its website the public information contained in all restricted use pesticide records, reports, or forms submitted to the Department.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on pesticides that includes other states' reporting requirements for certain pesticides;

     (2)  Amending its purpose section to conform to its substantive provisions; and

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2013.

     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 H.B. No. 673, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 673, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair	____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ RICHARD H.K. ONISHI, Co-Chair