{"id":"DUT-HI-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Hawaii","state":"HI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"House of Representatives, Thirty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021","authority":"House rules (resolution); no statutory effect","instrument":"House Resolution No. 60 (2021), Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to Conduct a Study on Business Liability Protections Related to COVID-19-Related Claims","title":"Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to Conduct a Study on Business Liability Protections Related to COVID-19-Related Claims","dateIssued":"2021-03-05","effective":"n/a (resolution)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-03-05","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["businesses open to the public (subject of the study)"],"clause":"WHEREAS, emergency proclamations and orders by the Governor and county mayors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 include safety measures and restrictions... which have allowed certain businesses to continue to remain open or reopen... the Legislature Reference Bureau is requested to conduct a study on business liability protections related to COVID-19-related claims","enforcement":"none","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing; the resolution documents that as of March 2021 Hawaii had enacted no COVID-19 liability shield for businesses and that the House understood the proclamations\u0027 \u0027safety measures and restrictions\u0027 to be the terms on which businesses were \u0027allowed... to continue to remain open or reopen\u0027; it asked the Legislative Reference Bureau to study \u0027National, state, and local health and safety guidance and directives to ensure a safe workplace and place of business\u0027 and \u0027Actions taken by businesses to protect themselves from liability, including health and safety policies and guidelines, COVID-19 protection protocols.\u0027 Character as recorded: not_enacted (resolution requesting a study; no legal effect).","sourceUrl":"https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2021/bills/HR60_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108161,"grade":"primary","character":"not_enacted","description":"","collection":"DUT-HI","url":"/library/DUT-HI-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-HI-018","citation":"House of Representatives, Thirty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, House Resolution No. 60 (2021), Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to Conduct a Study on Business Liability Protections Related to COVID-19-Related Claims (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. DUT-HI-018)","stateName":"Hawaii","related":["HI-007","HI-011","HI-023","HI-026"]}