STAND. COM. REP. NO. 751

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 458

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 458 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the renewal period from two years to four years for persons with a driver's license who are seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age; provided that their driving record does not include two or more moving traffic violation convictions after attaining the age of seventy-two.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that, currently, a person older than seventy-two years of age must renew their driver's license every two years. Your Committee further finds that there is no local data to indicate drivers aged seventy-two to seventy-nine are at higher risk of causing or being involved in crashes. This measure relieves the burden of drivers aged seventy-two to seventy-nine from having to renew their driver's license more frequently.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the requirement for persons with a driver's license who are seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age to have less than two moving traffic violations after attaining the age of seventy-two years to qualify for the four-year driver's license renewal period;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3021, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) 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 H.B. No. 458, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 458, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair