STAND. COM. REP. NO.  199-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2693

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2693 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve child passenger safety laws.  Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Prohibits a parent or legal guardian who is a passenger       in a motor vehicle from permitting the transport of a            child under eight years of age in violation of the child         passenger restraint requirements;

     (2)  Allows, under certain circumstances, a child under eight      years of age who is less than four feet and nine inches       in height to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle       if the child is properly secured in a child passenger           restraint system that meets federal motor vehicle safety         standards; and

     (3)  Prohibits a child from riding in the front seat of a               motor vehicle that has an active passenger airbag if the      child is under one year of age, less than twenty pounds         in weight, or riding in a rear-facing child passenger              restraint system.

     The Department of Transportation and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2693 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair