STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 157-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 2267
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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2267 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Disability and Communication Access Board; Honolulu Police Department; and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary and Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that nearly half of all traffic fatalities in Hawaii in 2021 involved speeding. Your Committee further finds that speed safety cameras are proven to deter speeding and its impact and are recommended for state and local adoption by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Highway Administration. Your Committee believes that establishing a statewide automated speed enforcement program will significantly reduce speed related traffic fatalities in Hawaii.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) 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 Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2267, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2267, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair |
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