STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2361

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2105

       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 S.B. No. 2105 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENEWAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow for the renewal of driver's licenses online or by electronic or digital means.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Information Technology of the City and County of Honolulu, and one individual.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Common Cause Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that especially during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, driver's licenses should be renewable both by mail and digitally for those who are unable to appear in person.  Therefore, the purpose of this measure is to allow driver's licenses to be renewed using electronic means or by mail.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that an applicator for renewal by mail must include documentation of a physical exam conducted not more than three months prior to expiration of the driver's license, rather than six months; and

 

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 2105, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair