STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2961

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2945

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2945, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a task force to conduct a statewide study on the accessibility of ignition interlock devices and any national best practices.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Intoxalock.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii and one individual.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation and Hawaii Medical Association.

Your Committee finds that existing law requires the Department of Transportation to select a single vendor to install ignition interlock devices statewide. However, Hawaiʻi is the only state in the nation that has a single vendor to implement an ignition interlock device program, with the national average being 6.8 certified ignition interlock device vendors per state. This measure will allow the State to ensure that ignition interlock devices are readily available, affordable, and of sufficient quality throughout the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment 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 S.B. No. 2945, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2945, S.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair