STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2325

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2571

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Health and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2571 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require all cellular telephones, including refurbished and remanufactured cellular telephones, sold or leased by a retailer in the State to bear a label that warns consumers of the potential dangers of electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular telephones.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from CTIA – The Wireless Association and one individual.

     Your Committees find that the expanding use of cellular telephones has resulted in concerns over the potential dangers of human exposure to electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular telephones.  Your Committees further find that there is increased concern about the long-term effect of electromagnetic radiation exposure on children and pregnant women.  This measure makes consumers aware of the potential health dangers that have been linked to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular telephones.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the required warning label to read, "To reduce exposure to radiation that may be hazardous to your health, please follow the enclosed product safety guidelines."; and

     (2)  Amending section 1 to reflect the amended purpose of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2571, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2571, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair