STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2867

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2056

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2056, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require each restaurant in the State that offers a children's meal combination to offer a healthy beverage as the default beverage for that combination.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Insurance Division, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; Blue Zones Project - Hawaii; Hawaii Children's Action Network; Hawai Dental Hygienists' Association; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Hawaii Public Health Institute; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; Papa Ola Lokahi; and numerous individuals.

Your Committee believes that by promoting a healthy meal option for children, which should include providing a healthy beverage, this measure can help build a healthier community.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting an irrelevant provision relating to alcohol from the definition of "restaurant";

(2) Combining the contents of sections 3 and 4 of the measure into a new section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 2 of the measure;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(4) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2056, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2056, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair