STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1793

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1086

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1086, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the composition and duties of the State Highway Safety Council.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, and Ulupono Initiative.

Your Committee finds that this measure diversifies the composition of the State Highway Safety Council and adds specific duties that enlarge the council's role. These duties are geared toward improving safety in ground transportation, and oversight, transparency, and evaluative tools to track and report on the Department of Transportation's progress. Your Committee further finds that, as the State's transportation needs become increasingly complex, it is vital to involve not only a wider array of governmental officials, but also stakeholders who represent different sectors of the community and can contribute their unique perspectives to ground transportation issues and solutions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the State Highway Safety Council to be chaired on an annually rotating basis by a member appointed by the President of the Senate and a member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, rather than the chairpersons of the respective committees of the Senate and House of Representatives having jurisdiction over transportation or their designees; and

(2) 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1086, 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. 1086, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair