STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1954-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 134

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 134, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote positive health practices and protect University of Hawaii students, employees, and visitors from exposure to secondhand smoke and other potentially harmful substances by prohibiting smoking, including the use of electronic smoking devices, and tobacco use on all University of Hawaii premises.

The Department of Health, University of Hawaii Student Health Advisory Council, Breathe Aloha Club at University of Hawaii at Manoa, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and numerous concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO submitted testimony in opposition to this measure. The University of Hawai‘i, American Heart Association, and one concerned individual provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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 S.B. No. 134, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 134, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair