STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1901

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1053

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1053, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the statutorily mandated inscription for civil identification cards to conform to the inscription currently in use.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and O‘ahu County Democrats Legislative Priorities Committee.

Your Committee finds that existing law requires civil identification cards to include the inscription "State of Hawaii Identification Card". However, numerous identification cards have been erroneously printed with the inscription "Hawaii Identification Card". Your Committee believes that rather than requiring all those individuals who received an identification card printed in error to go back to the issuing county office for an amended identification card, existing law should be amended to conform to the inscription currently being used to avoid any inconvenience for residents.

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 H.B. No. 1053, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair