STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3307

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1743

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, 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 and intent of this measure is to define the term "pool" 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 and one individual.

Your Committee finds that under existing law, the Department of Health is authorized to regulate "pools". However, there is currently no statutory definition of what constitutes a pool. The Department of Health's administrative rules require that public swimming pools use disinfectants such as chlorine and that the pool comply with turnover rates to reduce the chances of disease transmission. Man-made lagoons and pools such as the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium cannot meet these requirements and should not be regulated by the Department of Health. This measure clarifies that the Department of Health is authorized to regulate structures such as public swimming pools.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making it effective upon its approval; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1743, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1743, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair