STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 522-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1545
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1545 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Direct the Department of Health to adopt rules for the control, prevention, and abatement of noise pollution emitted by excessively loud vehicles in the State; and
(2) Prohibit the operation or sale of vehicles that emit excessive noise.
Your Committee
finds that studies increasingly detail the environmental health hazard posed by
persistent noise pollution. Intentional
and excessively loud vehicles are a pervasive and increasingly common problem
in the State. However, current efforts
to curtail this source of noise pollution have not been successful. This measure accordingly requires the
Department of Health to adopt rules and regulate noise from excessively loud
vehicles.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060,
to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1545, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1545, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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