STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1791

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1173

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1173, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit a person from causing a diesel- or gas-powered vehicle to discharge clearly visible smoke, soot, or other exhaust emissions onto another person or motor vehicle, subject to certain exemptions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Transportation Association, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hydroponics Alternatives LLC, and three individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure is intended to address the act of "coal rolling", where a vehicle's exhaust has been modified and the vehicle discharges a large amount of smoke, soot, or other emissions onto another person or vehicle. Making this act a traffic violation protects others who share the road and the environment.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

(2) 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 S.B. No. 1173, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1173, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair