STAND. COM. REP. NO. 839

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 287

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 287, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VISION ZERO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Transportation and the counties to implement a Vision Zero program in Hawai‘i by July 1, 2022; and

(2) Establish a goal of no traffic fatalities or serious injuries by 2045.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Honolulu Police Department, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawai‘i, Hawaii Bicycling League, and Hawai‘i Public Health Institute.

Your Committee finds that traffic fatalities and serious injuries continue to be an area of concern for the Legislature. Sweden adopted a national Vision Zero policy in 1997 and by 2013 had achieved the lowest number of road accidents on record. Existing law in Hawai‘i directs the Department of Transportation and county transportation departments to adopt a Vision Zero policy, but no implementation date is specified. This measure sets forth a clear and definite timeline for the adoption of a Vision Zero policy.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 287, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 287, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair