STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2574

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3311

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. 3311 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the ground transportation and interisland transportation working groups; and

(2) Require the Department of Transportation 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, Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association, and Simonpietri Enterprises. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation; Alliance for Automotive Innovation; and Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

Your Committee finds that transportation accounts for the majority of Hawaii's greenhouse gas emissions. However, due to Hawaii's relatively small size, good year-round weather, and population density, it is a prime target for the full electrification of ground, sea, and air transportation. The purpose of this measure is to establish long-term goals for zero emissions transportation in Hawaii and to establish working groups of government agencies and expert stakeholders to develop plans and recommendations to achieve these goals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Chief Energy Officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office shall be a member of both working groups;

(2) Removing the 2045 target date;

(3) Specifying that the working groups shall coordinate with other groups, agencies, and programs; and

(4) 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 Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3311, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3311, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair