STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2503

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2401

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2401 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve vehicle safety by repealing several exemptions from the prohibition on operating a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area, including the exemption that allows passengers over twelve years of age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; AAA Hawaii, LLC; and one individual

Your Committee finds that riding in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck is dangerous. Currently, Hawaii law allows for several exemptions by which a person may ride in the bed or load-carrying area of the pickup truck. This measure will repeal the exemptions that allow people to ride in the bed of a truck.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 2401, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2401, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair