STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1221-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2783

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2783 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 support the health of residents and workers in and around government-owned housing complexes by:

(1) Expanding smoke-free zones around individual buildings of public housing projects and state low-income housing projects, and any entrance, exit, window, or ventilation intake that serves an enclosed or partially enclosed area;

(2) Adding a twenty-five foot smoke-free zone around administrative office buildings for public housing projects and elder or elderly housing; and

(3) Increasing the setback for designated smoking areas from twenty feet to twenty-five feet from any building.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Health, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii supported this measure. Two individuals opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2783 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair