HI SR166

Requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to install mineral-based sunscreen dispensers at all state beaches to protect Hawaii's coral reef ecosystems from harmful chemical sunscreens.

Directs DLNR to fund the dispensers using revenue from commercial marine license fees and fines collected from violations of permits to take aquatic life for aquarium purposes.

References Act 104 (2018), which banned oxybenzone and octinoxate in sunscreens, and notes a pilot dispenser was successfully installed in November 2021 at Waialae section of Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area on Hawaii Island.

Requires DLNR to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2023 Regular Session convening, including any proposed legislation.

Acknowledges that mineral-based sunscreen provides skin cancer protection without harming reef ecosystems and addresses concerns about limited availability of approved sunscreens.