STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1025-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1972

H.D. 1

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. 1972, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling and Reuse Working Group to examine how to maximize the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle batteries and recommend electric vehicle battery management practices.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Hawaii State Energy Office; Hawaiʻi Reef and Ocean Coalition; and Climate Protectors Hawaiʻi. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Radius Recycling; Alliance for Automotive Innovation; and Redwood Materials.

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. 1972, H.D. 1, 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