STAND. COM. REP. NO. 444-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1691

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1691, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Lower the minimum age required for an intrastate commercial driver's license to eighteen years;

(2) Eliminate the requirements that certain persons be solely licensed to operate category 3 vehicles and that persons have certain certifications in order to be licensed as intrastate commercial drivers or obtain a learner's permit; and

(3) Require the Department of Transportation to adopt or amend its administrative rules to lower the minimum age required for a commercial driver's license to eighteen years.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Transportation Association, and Hawaii Food Industry Association.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii is the only state that does not allow people who are eighteen years of age to operate category 4 vehicles and commercial motor vehicles in intrastate commerce. This measure allows for the State to address commercial driver shortages by participating in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration program that trains people who are at least eighteen years of age and who are already licensed to drive commercial motor vehicles in intrastate commerce to also drive in interstate commerce.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 1691, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1691, H.D. 2.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair