STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1776

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 1195

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1195, S.D. 1, 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) Prohibit street parking within twenty feet on each side of any crosswalk or intersection, regardless of the presence or absence of official signs or curb markings;

(2) Require fines collected for street parking restrictions to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund; and

(3) Specify that signs or curb markings are not required to restrict parking within twenty feet of a crosswalk or intersection.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Department of Health; Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization; Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice; Ulupono; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that a disproportionately high number of pedestrian injuries and deaths occur at crosswalks and intersections. Your Committee further finds that illegal parking near crosswalks and intersections creates dangerous conditions for pedestrians. This measure prohibits and establishes fines for parking within certain distances of crosswalks, ensuring safety for pedestrians.

Your Committee recognizes that traffic fines can exacerbate economic hardship. The intent of imposing a fine for a violation is not to contribute to financial burdens, but to serve as a penalty for a violation pursuant to this measure.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reducing the fine to $50 for each violation; 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. 1195, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1195, S.D. 1, 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