STAND. COM. REP. NO. 341

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 210

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 210 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund to support the duties and responsibilities of the State Fire Council beyond funding the administration and enforcement of the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council and Honolulu Fire Department.

Your Committee finds that the State Fire Council is responsible for the development and maintenance of a comprehensive statewide fire service management network, reviewing and adopting the State Fire Code, administratively overseeing the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program, assisting in the application and administration of federal grants for the fire service, assisting and coordinating with the statewide delivery of fire training programs, coordinating the collection of fire data, and supporting contingency planning needs for fire fighters. Your Committee further finds that the State Fire Council has inadequate funding and staffing to fulfill its duties. This measure will enable the State Fire Council to use existing revenue to properly support the educational programs and training for a comprehensive fire service emergency management network for the protection of life, property, and the environment for the State.

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. 210, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 210, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair