STAND. COM. REP. NO. 730-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1686

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1686, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Director of Transportation to establish and implement a Digital Identification Pilot Program for the issuance of digital identification, which includes a driver's license and government-issued identification card issued in a digital format.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

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. 1686, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair