HR 102 Summary

• Request the Department of Health, in consultation with the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, to conduct a study on cumulative health effects of persistent urban noise in Honolulu.

• Study scope includes assessing the extent of urban noise, its effect on quality of life, and examining solutions utilized by other urban environments that may be effective in Honolulu.

• Document lists specific noise sources including buses, sirens, garbage trucks, motorcycles, music venues, leaf blowers, and harbor noise that collectively contribute to urban noise pollution.

• Department of Health required to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature by September 1, 2021.

• Certified copies to be transmitted to the Director of Health, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Mayor of Honolulu, Honolulu City Council Chairperson, and Downtown-Chinatown Neighborhood Board Chairperson.