THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

TIME:

8:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2430

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a climate change and human health adaptation coordinator within the department of health.

 

CPH/AEN, WAM

SB 2274

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Regulates cannabidiol under the department of health to be consistent with the Hawaii Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.  Allows licensees under the industrial hemp pilot program to market their products to the consumer market in a manner that is regulated and tested for safety, purity, and potency.

 

CPH/AEN, JDC

SB 2621

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.

Adds the chemicals homosalate, octocrylene, and octisalate to the sale and distribution sunscreen ban beginning on 1/1/2021.  Allows the Department of Health to adopt rules to add additional harmful chemicals to the sale and distribution ban.

 

CPH/AEN, JDC

SB 2721

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.

Requires the department of health to implement the auditor's recommendations for the deposit beverage container program, including developing a risk-based selection process to select reports submitted by distributors and redemption centers for audit.

 

CPH/AEN, JDC

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair