STAND. COM. REP. NO. 966-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1934

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1934, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Director of Transportation to convene an Intoxicated Driving Reduction Working Group, under the leadership of Hawaii's Strategic Highway Safety Plan, to recommend amendments to existing laws to reduce incidents of intoxicated driving and require the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Department of Law Enforcement, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaiʻi Alcohol Policy Alliance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1934, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair