STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1510

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 781

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 781 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate enforcement of quarantine by clarifying that the Department of Health may require law enforcement personnel to aid and assist in the quarantine of individuals who are infected or suspected of being infected with diseases dangerous to the public health.

The Department of Public Safety supported this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 781 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair