STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1150

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 4

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 4 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the safety of motor vehicle occupants by requiring all front- and back-seat passengers to be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while the motor vehicle is being operated upon any public highway.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Department of Health, Honolulu Police Department, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii, State Highway Safety Council, Safe Kids Worldwide, Injury Prevention Advisory Committee, AAA Hawaii, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Bicycling League, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 4, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 4, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair