STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2157-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2470

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2470, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize and appropriate funds out of the State Highway Fund for the Department of Transportation to evaluate intersections for the potential installation of a leading pedestrian interval and accessible pedestrian signal upon the first placement or replacement of a state-owned pedestrian signal head;

(2) Ensure that accessible pedestrian signals are installed at intersections where leading pedestrian intervals are already installed;

(3) Require that additional safety improvements are implemented as necessary where leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals are installed;

(4) Require and authorize the Department of Transportation to evaluate a certain number of existing intersections with pedestrian signal heads on an annual basis until each intersection with a pedestrian signal head showing a pedestrian crash within the last five years has been evaluated; and

(5) Require the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the counties, to develop a program that allows pedestrians and community members to request the installation of accessible pedestrian signals at specific intersections.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board; one member of the Kauaʻi County Council; Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization; Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii; Hawaii Association of the Blind; Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute; Healthy Eating + Active Living Statewide Coalition; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Hawaiʻi Bicycling League; Get Fit Kauaʻi; and six individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2470, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair