STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1593-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2308

S.D. 1

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPEEDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish additional fines and penalties for violations of speeding in a school zone.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Department of Education; and Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Public Defender.

Your Committee finds that the number of citations issued statewide for speeding in construction or school zones increased from two hundred twenty-four in 2022 to three hundred twenty-nine in 2023. Your Committee further finds that the fines and penalties established under this measure would serve as a stronger deterrent against speeding in school zones.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair