THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Senator Chris Lee, Chair

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 9, 2023

TIME:

3:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

TCA

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

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SB 479

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Removes requirement that common water carriers receive permission from the public utilities commission prior to executing a long-term lease of more than three years or a leverage lease.

 

TCA, CPN

SB 517

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES.

Authorizes operators of motorcycles to utilize the lane shoulders that are at least three feet wide with the concurrent use of emergency flashers.  Requires the Department of Transportation to create and implement traffic control devices to designate the lane shoulder for motorcycle use during peak traffic hours.

 

TCA, JDC/WAM

SB 973

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to incorporate zero‑emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or both, into the lessor's rental motor vehicle fleets.

 

TCA, CPN

SB 382

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers from charging subscription fees for services that employ equipment already installed in the motor vehicle at the time of sale as a new motor vehicle.

 

TCA, CPN

SB 493

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Provides that no new vehicle needs a safety inspection until five years after the date the vehicle was first sold, unless the vehicle was modified.  Requires a two-year motor vehicle safety check for vehicles ten years of age or newer, unless the vehicle was modified.  Requires an annual motor vehicle safety check for vehicles older than ten years of age or any vehicle that has been modified.  Doubles the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicles inspection safety check.

 

TCA, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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