STAND. COM. REP. NO. 308-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2492

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. 2492 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to comply with new federal regulations for commercial driver's licenses when the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse prohibits a driver from operating a commercial vehicle due to alcohol and drug violations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that beginning on November 18, 2024, all states must request information from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and if a State receives notification that the applicant is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, the State must not issue, renew, or upgrade the commercial learner’s permit or must downgrade the commercial driver's license pursuant to title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 383.73(q).

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. 2492, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2492, 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