STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1660
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 768
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 768, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office and three individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Climate Protectors Hawai‘i and 350Hawaii.org. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation, Ulupono Initiative, Avis Budget Group, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, and Enterprise Holdings.
Your Committee finds that electric vehicles are an important avenue to address Hawaii's pressing climate issues. The adoption and widespread deployment of electric vehicles aligns with the State's energy and environmental goals and is essential to reduce Hawaii's dependence on fossil fuels. Electric vehicles currently offer an effective option to advance clean, renewable ground transportation. This measure will bring the State one step closer to realizing its goal of one hundred percent renewable energy by looking at the feasibility of installing enough electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support a completely electronic vehicle fleet for the rental motor vehicle industry.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Updating the membership of the Task Force to include a representative from a trade association representing the automobile manufacturing industry, rather than a representative from an automobile manufacturing company;
(2) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 768, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 768, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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