STAND. COM. REP. NO. 925

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1260

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. 1260, 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:

(1) Require a county with a population of two hundred fifty thousand or less, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community-driven activities;

(2) Require a participating county to submit an initial proposal to the Director of Transportation; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the Summer Streets Pilot Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Department of Health; Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute; Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; Hawai‘i Bicycling League; and three individuals.

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. 1260, 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