CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 125

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 968

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 968, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Accounting and General Services to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage programs to enable parking stall sharing among public employees of the State;

(2) Require the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study to determine the demand for, and feasibility and costs of, installing electric vehicle charging stations at newly constructed state employee and public parking facilities and retrofitting existing state employee and public parking facilities to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations.

Your Committee on Conference finds that many public employees are opting for more environmentally friendly methods of commuting to work, such as carpooling. However, public employees who carpool to work together are prohibited from sharing the cost of a single stall by registering multiple vehicles to the same stall. Additionally, infrastructure for securely storing bicycles does not exist. This measure requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop solutions to accommodate and encourage carpooling and environmentally friendly commuting options.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting language that would have required the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study regarding the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at state employee and public parking facilities;

(2) Inserting language that requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop, implement, administer, and manage a pilot program to provide enclosed bicycle storage lockers at state employee and public parking facilities;

(3) Amending section 1 to reflect its amended purpose;

(4) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 968, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 968, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ CHRIS TODD Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Chair
____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair
____________________________ DARIUS KILA Co-Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair