STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1486

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 4

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 4, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the safety of motor vehicle occupants by requiring all front and back seat passengers to be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while the motor vehicle is being operated upon any public highway.

The Department of Health, Department of Transportation, State Hawaii Safety Council, Honolulu Police Department, AAA Hawaii, American Medical Response, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Injury Prevention Advisory Committee, Mothers Against Drunk Driving HAWAII, The Queen's Health Systems, and two concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of the measure.  The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Safe Community of Maui offered comments on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to be effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 4, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 4, H.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair