STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1753

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 200

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

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.C.R. No. 200, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE FEASIBILITY OF STEM CELL RESEARCH FOR HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to study the feasibility of encouraging stem cell research in the state, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature prior to the 2006 Regular Session.

The University of Hawaii (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine and the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs testified in support of this measure. LRB, Hawaii Family Forum, and the Hawaii Catholic Conference offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Replacing LRB with UH as the entity requested to conduct the study on the feasibility of stem cell research in the state;

(2) Specifying that in examining financial resources for stem cell research in Hawaii, UH is requested to provide an estimate of the cost of stem cell research;

(3) Requesting UH to host a series of public forums on stem cell research; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 200, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 200, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair