HI HCR124

Requests the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to determine the number of multiunit buildings with smoke-free policies, including condominiums and apartment buildings, that are not covered by existing state law.

Directs the Director to examine the types of smoke-free policies currently in use in multiunit buildings with special emphasis on common areas and limited common areas such as lanais adjoining individual units.

Instructs the Director to encourage multiunit building owners, associations, and managers to implement smoke-free policies to prevent secondhand smoke from traveling into individual units.

Requires the Director to provide information and education on secondhand smoke hazards and benefits of smoke-free policies to multiunit building owners, associations, and managers.

Mandates submission of a report with findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2021.