STAND. COM. REP. NO. 936

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 862

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. 862, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services, under certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association; Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

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. 862, 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