STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 466-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 2276
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 2276 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMOKING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a Smoking Sensor Rebate Program under the Department of Health to offer a rebate for installation of smoking sensors that can detect a smoking incident within smoking-prohibited areas.
Your Committee finds that Hawaii has one of the most comprehensive smoking laws in the nation. Your Committee further finds that there is value in providing support for commercial and residential buildings to encourage adoption of no-smoking policies in a manner that is not overly burdensome. Your Committee believes that establishing a rebate program to assist individuals, particular condominiums, in pursuing and enforcing no-smoking policies would be an appropriate use of Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund monies.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000,
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 & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2276, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2276, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Homelessness,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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