STAND. COM. REP. NO. 338

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 908

       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 Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 908 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the driver's license renewal period for licensees who are between the ages of seventy-two and eighty, provided that the licensee's driving record does not include two or more moving traffic violations after the licensee turned seventy-two years old.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, AARP Hawaii, and five individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that there may be a benefit to reducing license renewal requirements, however they must be weighed against any risk to public safety.  The issue is appropriate for further discussion as this measure proceeds in the legislative process.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage 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. 908, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 908, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair