STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1916-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2118

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2118, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the driver of a moped to be in immediate possession of a valid driver's license or instruction permit at all times.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Honolulu Police Department.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure addresses any confusion or conflict regarding the license possession requirements for moped operators under existing laws and ensures that a person operating a moped is duly licensed by the examiner of drivers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2222, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 2118, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2118, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair