STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3249

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1681

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1681, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State; and

 

     (2)  Make permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Insurers Council, Uber Technologies, Lyft, and GEICO.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Transportation Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that statewide regulation of transportation network companies is needed to ensure the safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of rides provided by transportation network company drivers.  Regulation is also required to ensure that residents and visitors to the State have access to various transportation options.  The purpose of this measure is to establish operational consistency across the State for transportation network companies.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of January 1, 2023.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1681, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1681, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair