STAND. COM. REP. NO. 860

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1086

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1086, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent 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 and Hawaii Bicycling League.

Your Committee finds that the State Highway Safety Council serves an important mission to advise on matters relating to the programs and activities of the State with regard to highway safety. As the State incorporates objectives to ensure efficiency of transportation infrastructure while also adhering to overall public policy goals, prioritizing transparency will allow the State to achieve its goals and outcomes. This measure provides greater professional and community perspectives to the Highway Safety Council to ensure the safety of all highway users.

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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1086, S.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.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair