STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2494

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2749

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2749 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit commercial vehicles from making pickups from, or deliveries to, business establishments during certain times of the day and within a certain proximity of single-family residences in the performance of the vehicles' pickup or delivery.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Kailua Neighborhood Board No. 31. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Hawaii Transportation Association and Retail Merchants of Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction.

Your Committee finds that vehicular noise pollution caused by excessive noise from commercial vehicles is not only a nuisance, but can also adversely impact a community's quality of life. This measure prohibits commercial vehicles from operating during certain times of the day when in a certain proximity of single-family residences.

Your Committee acknowledges the testimony of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction, which recommended an exemption for commercial vehicles operating in response to an emergency.

Therefore, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Exempting from this measure, commercial vehicles operating in response to an emergency; and

(2) Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2749, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2749, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary.

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

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair