STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1362

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 346

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 346, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide flexibility in the use of sirens by authorized emergency vehicles in certain circumstances.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Waikiki Neighborhood Board No. 9, Liliuokalani Gardens AOAO, Citizens Against Noise, State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, and nine individuals.

Your Committee finds that there is some confusion about whether the use of a siren by an emergency vehicle is mandatory in all circumstances. This measure seeks to resolve that confusion by providing flexibility in the use of sirens by authorized emergency vehicles.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 346, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair