THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Senator Chris Lee, Chair

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, March 24, 2022

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224 & Videoconference

 

PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN

72-HOURS REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL BEGINNING ON MARCH 7, 2022

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

This policy is subject to change and may be adjusted based on evolving COVID-19 guidelines.

Please check the Legislature’s website for updates www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

Effective March 7, 2022, the Legislature will accept written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A G E N D A

 

SCR 136 / SR 120

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CREATE SAFE ROUTES FOR SENIORS LIVING IN HOUSING UNITS, RENTALS, HOTELS, CONDOMINIUMS, AND RESIDENTIAL PLACES STATEWIDE.

 

 

TRS

SCR 148 / SR 132

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS RAPIDLY ESCALATING COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION IN HAWAII.

 

 

TRS

SCR 96 / SR 86

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCREASE LOCAL FUNDING FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PURSUE FURTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE FEDERAL BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

 

 

TRS

SCR 145 / SR 129

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF ZERO EMISSIONS INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION.

 

 

TRS

SCR 77 / SR 70

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAYS DIVISION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON LOAD CAPACITY OF ROADS IN THE PORTION OF MAUI COUNTY WITHIN THE SEVENTH SENATE DISTRICT.

 

 

TRS

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Testimony" icon on the home page to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions2022.pdf

 

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For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-8388.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Chris Lee

Chair