STAND. COM. REP. NO.  393-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1688

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1688, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect motorists in Hawaii by increasing the required minimum liability insurance coverage amount for bodily injury.

The Hawaii Association for Justice supported this bill.  The Hawaii Insurers Council; State Farm Insurance Companies; and EAN Holdings, LLC, opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1688, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair