STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1178-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2417

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2417, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify procedures for the administrative revocation of driver's licenses by requiring timely disclosure of documents, aligning review timelines, and standardizing administrative review and hearing processes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Maui; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Hawaiʻi; and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that the administrative driver's license revocation process plays a critical role in promoting public safety by promptly addressing incidents involving impaired driving. Your Committee further finds that the effectiveness and fairness of this process depend on clear statutory procedures, timely disclosure of information, and consistent timelines governing administrative reviews and hearings. This measure clarifies notice requirements, standardizes procedural steps, and aligns review and hearing timelines to improve transparency, reduce confusion for respondents, and strengthen due process protections.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the administrative review decision to be mailed to a respondent:

(A) No later than fourteen days, rather than eight days, after the date of issuance of the notice of administrative for alcohol related offenses; and

(B) No later than twenty-eight days, rather than twenty-two days, after the date of issuance of the notice of administrative revocation in drug related offenses;

(2) Amending the notification requirements to clarify the process for a license to be returned to a respondent following the administrative revocation of the license;

(3) Clarifying that, for the sworn statement of the person responsible for maintenance of sobriety testing equipment to be submitted for administrative review, any person, the person does not need to be the person conducting the test; and

(4) 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2417, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2417, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair