STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2611

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2221

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2221, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to protect the public from health risks associated with skin tanning equipment.

     Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Makes it unlawful for tanning facilities and operators in the State to allow the use of tanning equipment by anyone under the age of eighteen; and

     (2)  Requires all tanning facilities and operators in the State to provide written notice and post warning signs regarding health and safety risks associated with ultraviolet light; and to meet certain requirements related to the safe operation of tanning equipment.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of the measure from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Hawaii Skin Cancer Coalition, Aim at Melanoma, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that many physicians and scientists warn that health risks associated with skin tanning include sunburn, premature aging, skin cancer, retinal damage, formation of cataracts, suppression of the immune system, and damage to the vascular system.  Statutory requirements on warning signage, operation of tanning equipment, and restriction on use will help protect the public, especially minors, from overexposure to ultra-violet radiation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Including a definition of "tanning bed";

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2221, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2221, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

____________________________

DAVID Y. IGE, Chair