Bill creating statewide Hawaii travel policy dies in House
COURTESY SCOTT SAIKI
House Speaker Scott Saiki has requested to kill a bill that he introduced that would have mandated state-wide travel rules, saying COVID-19 Opens in a new tab conditions have since changed.
Saiki said he asked House Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke to defer action on Senate Bill 266 Opens in a new tab when it goes before her committee today.
SB 266 would create a statewide “Safe Travels” policy, reversing what Saiki called Gov. David Ige’s “county-by-county approach to decision making.”
The bill is no longer necessary since Kauai has asked to be part of the state’s Safe Travels program and COVID-19 vaccines are more readily available, Saiki said.
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