STAND. COM. REP. NO. 926

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 177

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. 177, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make the issuance or renewal of a civil identification card free of charge.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and nine individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

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. 177, 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