STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1091-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2356

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2356 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to align the smoking prohibition statute of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's "smoke-free" policy and increase the distance from certain buildings and areas where smoking shall be prohibited, as well as the distance from certain buildings where smoking areas may be established.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Health, and Hawai‘i Public Health Institute Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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. 2356, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2356, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair