STAND. COM. REP. NO.  69-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1624

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1624 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to delay the implementation of several provisions in Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which conforms Hawaii's requirements for contracting insurance agents to national model standards, until January 1, 2021.

The Hawaii Insurers Council and National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors testified in support of this measure.  The Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the implementation date to January 1, 2020; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1624, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1624, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair