STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2139

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2528

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2528 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, or limited purpose instruction permits to applicants who voluntarily choose not to obtain a state civil identification card that is REAL ID-compliant.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and Filipina Advocacy Network.

Your Committee finds that this measure addresses the need for Hawaii's law to match the Department of Homeland Security's Final Rule that allows for only one REAL ID-compliant credential, whether a driver's license or state civil identification card.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2528 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair