CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 55-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2087

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESCUE DEVICES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to provide civil liability exemptions for:

(1) Any person who in good faith and without remuneration or expectation of remuneration attempts to rescue a person by using a rescue tube; and

(2) Owners or operators of any premises, property, or facility adjacent to navigable waters where a rescue tube is located.

Your Committee on Conference finds that promoting the adoption and use of simple, life-saving devices, such as rescue tubes, is essential to protecting public health and welfare. Your Committee on Conference also finds that the strategic placement of rescue tubes throughout the State has led to countless rescues of drowning victims. Your Committee on Conference further finds that rescue tubes are a cost effective and valuable piece of life-saving equipment that are easy for ordinary citizens to use in assisting victims in need. Accordingly, your Committee on Conference finds that the widespread use of these devices should be encouraged. Therefore, your Committee on Conference finds that the State's Good Samaritan Law should be amended to provide liability protection for owners and operators of a premises, property, or facility adjacent to navigable waters where rescue tubes are located and for citizens who might use these devices to assist in a life-threatening situation.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ KANIELA ING Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair
	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair