Bill Text: HI SR84 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Convening A Restaurant Reopening Task Force To Assist In The Safe Reopening Of Restaurants Throughout The State That Were Closed Due To The Covid-19 Pandemic.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-05-21 - Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). [SR84 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SR84-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	84
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

convening a restaurant reopening task force to assist in the safe reopening of restaurants throughout the State that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created an unprecedented public health crisis that has caused significant physical, mental, emotional, and economic harm to the State and its residents; and

 

     WHEREAS, restaurants are an important part of the State's economy and employed nearly eighty-five thousand individuals in 2019; and

 

     WHEREAS, restaurant and other food service employees continue to provide crucial services to the people of Hawaii and deserve protection against COVID-19; and

 

     WHEREAS, restaurant customers also require protection from COVID-19 while patronizing Hawaii's restaurants; and

 

     WHEREAS, in response to COVID-19, the United States Food and Drug Administration and National Restaurant Association have developed recommended best practices and safety guidelines for restaurants; and

 

     WHEREAS, owners preparing to reopen restaurants may require additional guidance on adopting and implementing these recommended best practices and safety guidelines; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that a Restaurant Reopening Task Force be convened to assist in the safe reopening of restaurants throughout the State that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Hawaii Food Industry Association and Hawaii Restaurant Association.

Report Title: 

COVID-19; Coronavirus; Restaurants; Reopening; Task Force