STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1519

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1024

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 1024, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish long-term goals for zero-emission transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions;

(2) Establish the Clean Ground Transportation Working Group and Clean Interisland and Transpacific Transportation Working Group; and

(3) Require annual reports to the Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission and the Legislature.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Hawai‘i State Energy Office, Blue Planet Foundation, Climate Protectors Hawai‘i, Big Island Electric Vehicle Association, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association, Aero X Ventures, Hawaiian Airlines, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, Elemental Excelerator, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Kauai Climate Action Coalition, Hawaiian Electric, and fourteen individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that greenhouse gas emissions from transportation account for the largest share of energy sector greenhouse gas emissions in the State. Your Committees further find that this measure establishes working groups to develop plans and recommendations to achieve clean energy goals and establishes long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in the State.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting references to transpacific transportation;

(2) Moving the establishment of Hawaii clean transportation initiative to section 225P-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3) Clarifying that for the Clean Ground Transportation Working Group, the Chairpersons of the Senate and House of Representatives standing committees having primary jurisdiction over transportation may name a designee to serve in their place;

(4) Requiring the working groups to consider:

(A) Reducing vehicle miles travelled and demand management; and

(B) Equity concerns, including economic and accessibility impacts to low-income communities;

(5) Amending the number of transportation hubs that the Clean Interisland and Transpacific Transportation Working Group must identify and clarifying that the working group identify at least one transportation hub on each island;

(6) Establish both working groups in session law rather than in statute;

(7) Amending the reporting requirements to require interim reports to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission prior to the 2024, 2025, and 2026 Regular Sessions and a final report to the Legislature prior to the 2027 session;

(8) Terminating the working groups on January 1, 2027;

(9) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(10) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1024, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1024, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair