HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HOMELESSNESS

Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Terez Amato

Rep. Lisa Marten

Rep. Greggor Ilagan

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi

Rep. Diamond Garcia

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

TIME:

11:30 AM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online

shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM.   

 

HB 1778

Status

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products that contain nicotine.  Repeals language making the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices a statewide concern and preempting county ordinances and regulations.  Effective 1/1/2025.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB 1563

Status

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations.  Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that governs smoking.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 2806

Status

RELATING TO OPIOID LITIGATION PROCEEDS.

Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds special fund.  Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds council to administer the special fund.  Establishes standards for expenditure of opioid litigation proceeds received by the State.  Establishes and appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent positions.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB 2253

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty.  Authorizes law enforcement officers to administer an opioid antagonist.  Establishes immunity for law enforcement officers who administer an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose.  Requires Department of Health to establish education and training for law enforcement personnel.  Requires the Department of Health to require that all restaurants and hotel establishments maintain an inventory of naloxone.

 

HLT, JHA

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Della Au Belatti

Chair