STAND. COM. REP. NO. 669

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 428

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 428, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FELONIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to specify that interference with an automated public transit operation is unlawful and is a class C felony.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department.

 

     Your Committee finds that existing statutes governing interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle were enacted prior to the use of automated transit systems.  In adapting to the changing landscape and different modes of transportation, this measure seeks to modernize the Penal Code to make it a class C felony to interfere with the automated operation of a public transit vehicle.

 

     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. 428, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair