STAND. COM. REP. NO.  473-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2693

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2693 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the child passenger restraint law by:

 

(1)  In addition to the operator of the motor vehicle, making parents or legal guardians who are passengers in the vehicle responsible for complying with the child passenger restraint law; and

 

(2)  Specifying the circumstances under which a child may ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Deleting language making parents or legal guardians who are passengers in a vehicle responsible for complying with the child passenger restraint law; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2693, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair