HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino, Chair

Rep. Greggor Ilagan, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Linda Clark

Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Rep. Troy N. Hashimoto

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa

Rep. Lauren Matsumoto

Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti

 

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

TIME:

10:00A.M.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 423

State Capitol

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A G E N D A

 

HB 1403

Status

RELATING TO AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SITE SELECTION SURVEY IN PUNA.

Requires the department of transportation, in collaboration with the county of Hawaii, to conduct site surveys on the island of Hawaii to identify the most suitable location for an alternate route in Puna below Highway 130.  Appropriates funds.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 2351

Status

RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of transportation to deploy speed-monitoring technology on Kunia road to ensure traffic safety.  Makes an appropriation.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 1813

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Established within the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation a pilot program to maintain areas beneath certain highway bridges.  Appropriates moneys.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 1485

Status

RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL.

Requires the department of transportation to amend the adopt-a-highway program to reduce the minimum number of years a program participant must agree to clean up litter on a highway from two years to one year.  Appropriates funds for the department of transportation to establish an anti-litter campaign.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 2184

Status

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Makes an emergency appropriation to authorize additional funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's special maintenance program.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 2182

Status

RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL.

Reduces the membership of the State Highway Safety Council appointed by the Governor from twenty to ten.

 

TRN, JHA

HB 1411

Status

RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.

Requires that both the transferee's and transferor's address be provided on the certificate of ownership when the title to a motor vehicle is transferred.  Clarifies that the signature of the transferee and the signature of the transferor each serve as an attestation by that respective party as to the validity of the information on the certificate of ownership.  Specifies that providing false or fraudulent information subjects a party to penalties.  Effective 7/1/2023.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 1452

Status

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Repeals the limitation on the amount that a county increase the fee for certificates of registration for motor vehicles other than U-drive motor vehicles.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 1681

Status

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.

Establishes requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State.  Makes permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 1718

Status

RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.

Exempts commercial measuring devices utilized in taxicabs from the requirement that the HDOA measurement standards branch inspect and test all measurement standards and measuring devices.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 1515

Status

RELATING TO AIRCRAFT.

Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that require tour aircraft operators to have aircraft liability insurance coverage of not less than $1,000,000 per person per incident.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 2434

Status

RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.

Requires each water carrier to file with the Public Utilities Committee a strategic plan.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 1689

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires shippers that know that their cargo will include fireworks or articles pyrotechnic to report certain information to applicable county fire departments.  Authorizes county fire departments to enter shippers' vessels for the purpose of inspecting any shipment declared on the shipping manifest as fireworks or articles pyrotechnic.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 2180

Status

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Repeals sections 266-2.3, and 266-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

 

TRN, JHA

 

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Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Chair