STAND. COM. REP. NO. 924

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1231

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize a certain percentage of fines collected for disregarding a steady red signal pursuant to a photo red light imaging detector system installed in a school zone to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund;

(2) Authorize the State to prioritize the installation of photo red light imaging detector systems in school zones if the State establishes a photo red light imaging detector system; and

(3) Require the Department of Transportation to consult with the Department of Education in determining which school zones to install a photo red light imaging system.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaiʻi Bicycling League; Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary and Department of Transportation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair