STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1185-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2053

S.D. 1

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 Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the safety for Hawaii athletes and youths participating in competitive sports by making permanent the regulation of athletic trainers under chapter 436H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Education, Hawaii Athletic Trainers' Association, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair