STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1446
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 151
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 151 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that the term "accident" may be interpreted to mean an incident that occurs without any fault, negligence, or state of mind involved. Your Committee further finds that this interpretation may prevent a person from being charged with leaving the scene of an accident and other offenses that require the State to prove that an offender had a certain state of mind at the time of the offense, such as negligent homicide or negligent injury. This measure replaces the term "accident" with "collision" to avoid any potential ambiguity.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3021,
to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 151, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 151, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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