STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3751

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1619

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1619, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Transportation, Hawaii Insurers Council, Hawaii Association for Justice, and American Property Casualty Insurance Association. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from Passenger Car Rental and four individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from Turo, Inc; Getaround; and two individuals.

Your Committees find that peer-to-peer car-sharing programs, which are not rental car businesses, allow for vehicle owners to share their vehicles with others through online platforms. Your Committees further find that peer-to-peer car-sharing programs do not currently have established requirements for insurance coverage. Your Committees additionally find that it is in the public interest to establish requirements for peer-to-peer car-sharing programs regarding mandatory insurance coverage.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Making it effective upon its approval; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1619, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1619, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair