STAND. COM. REP. NO. 693-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1743

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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1743, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to define "pools" for the purposes of the Department of Health's authority to adopt rules concerning public health and safety.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Health is statutorily authorized to regulate the location, air space, ventilation, sanitation, drainage, sewage disposal, and other health conditions of pools. Under existing Department of Health administrative rules, pools are required to meet certain residual disinfectant requirements to lower the risk of communicable disease transmission and turnover rates to ensure that proper filtering of water is occurring at all times.

Your Committee further finds that because certain man-made structures, such as man-made lagoons, are not constructed the same as a public swimming pool they should not be subject to the same residual disinfectant and turnover requirements as public swimming pools. This measure therefore clarifies that certain structures do not fall under the regulation of "pools".

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. 1743, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair