STAND. COM. REP. NO. 226

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1166

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 1166 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the renewal of a driver's license by mail or online.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Hawaii and three individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that driver's license renewals can be a cumbersome, tedious process for many Hawaii drivers.  Traditionally, Hawaii drivers have to appear in-person at a driver's licensing center to renew their license, a process that can take a significant amount of time if centers are inundated with customers.  To ensure that all Hawaii drivers have the ability to conveniently renew their driver's licenses before expiration, this measure authorizes renewal of driver's licenses by mail or online.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Retaining the requirement that an applicant renewing a driver's license by mail or online submit a notarized statement and a physician's statement six months before the expiration date of the applicant's license; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1166, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1166, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair