STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2806

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2275

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2275, S.D. 1, 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 and transportation network drivers; and

(2) Create permanent motor vehicle 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, and Uber Technologies. Your Committee received comments from the Hawaii Transportation Association.

Your Committee finds that Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, served as the first step to close the insurance gaps associated with transportation network companies by establishing motor vehicle insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers. Since their inception, transportation network companies have provided thousands of trips for Hawaii residents and tourists on various platforms. Despite the popularity of transportation network companies, only the City and County of Honolulu requires a form of driver screening and other operating requirements. Expanding the regulation of transportation network companies across the State will not only create uniform, permanent law, but regulation will also better protect both drivers and passengers who utilize transportation network company services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2275, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2275, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair