STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1068-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3311

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 3311, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish an Interisland Transportation Working Group to develop plans and recommendations for achieving zero emissions interisland transportation;

(2) Establish long-term goals for zero emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions; and

(3) Require the Department of Transportation and Hawaii State Energy Office to prepare for and incentivize the increased adoption of electric vehicles in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office, County of Hawai‘i Mass Transit Agency, Big Island Electric Vehicle Association, Climate Protectors Hawai‘i, Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association, Kauai Climate Action Coalition, KauaiEV, Kauai Women's Caucus, Maui Nui EV Association, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association, Hawaii Bioeconomy Trade Organization, and fourteen individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, and Pacific Biodiesel Technologies.

Your Committee finds that while transportation accounts for the majority of Hawaii's greenhouse gas emissions, the State is ideally suited to serve as a unique incubator for innovative new technologies to achieve zero emissions transportation. This measure promotes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for the various modes of transportation and supports efforts to increase the adoption of electric vehicles in the State.

Your Committee notes that in the development and implementation of plans related to electric vehicles, the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and Hawaii State Energy Office are requested to engage a broad range of constituencies.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting certain findings;

(2) Reorganizing certain sections of the measure for clarity; and

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

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. 3311, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3311, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

____________________________

HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair