STAND. COM. REP. NO. 386

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1088

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1088, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COSMETICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit manufacturers from selling cosmetics that are tested on animals in a cruel manner, beginning on January 1, 2024.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Animal Rights Hawai‘i, Cruelty Free International, Down to Earth, The Humane Society of the United States, Hawaiian Humane Society, The Body Shop, O‘o Hawaii, Pure Mana Hawaii, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that modern cosmetic safety testing standards and practices such as engineered human tissue and computer aided modeling no longer require the use of animals. These new testing methods are also more reliable, efficient, and effective. Your Committee further finds that this measure strikes a balance between a complete ban and limited exceptions to the animal testing prohibition, which exceptions recognize the realities of chemical testing commonly done around the globe.

Your Committee has amended this measure by moving the substantive provisions in this measure to Chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as part of the Hawaii Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1088, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1088, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair