STAND. COM. REP. NO. 838-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2023

H.D. 2

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 H.B. No. 2023, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Director of Transportation to administer a statewide program for certification of active intelligent speed assistance systems and select a vendor for the installation and maintenance of systems;

(2) Limit the civil liability of motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and retailers for active intelligent speed assistance systems;

(3) Make circumvention of, or tampering with, an active intelligent speed assistance system a misdemeanor; and

(4) Allow the Judiciary to impose the installation of active intelligent speed assistance systems as an additional penalty and as part of a license suspension or revocation for repeat offenders of certain traffic violations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Alliance for Automobile Innovation; Smart Start LLC; Families for Safe Streets; AAA Hawaiʻi; and two individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Automobile Dealers Association.

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 H.B. No. 2023, H.D. 2, 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