STAND. COM. REP. NO. 998-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1645

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1645, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit lodging establishments from providing small plastic bottles containing personal care products in sleeping room accommodations, within any space within sleeping room accommodations, or within bathrooms used by the public or guests.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Surfrider Foundation Hawai‘i Region, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition, and fourteen individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, and Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1645, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1645, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair