STAND. COM. REP. NO. 478

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 856

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 856 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the expiration date of the Hawaii state identification card from six to eight years after the year of issuance, beginning after July 1, 2009.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Department of the Attorney General and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the eight-year period of validity for the Hawaii state identification card is consistent with the period of validity applicable to Hawaii driver licenses.  This measure would facilitate compliance with the federal Real ID Act, which requires that driver licenses and identification cards not exceed an eight-year period of validity for each issuance.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 856 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair