STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3720

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2492

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that the existing Hawaii statute is not in compliance with new federal requirements relating to the issuance, renewal, transfer, or upgrade of commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits.  Your Committee further finds that beginning on November 18, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will require all states to request information from the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse in order to issue, renew, or upgrade a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit.  This measure will bring the State in compliance with the federal requirements by amending penalties regarding drug and alcohol violations.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making it effective upon its approval; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair