Bill Text: HI HB1934 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Driving While Intoxicated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-22 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. [HB1934 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1934-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to driving while intoxicated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) There is established an intoxicated driving reduction working group within the department of transportation to study, investigate, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing laws relating to the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to reduce incidents of intoxicated driving.
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members or their designees:
(1) The director of transportation, who shall serve as the chair of the working group;
(2) A prosecutor from each county;
(3) A public defender from each county;
(4) The chair of the house standing committee on transportation; and
(5) The chair of the senate standing committee on transportation.
(c) The chair of the working group shall invite the following individuals to become members of the working group:
(1) A representative from Mothers Against Drunk Driving;
(2) A representative from the Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance; and
(3) Any other person that the chair deems relevant to the purposes of the working group.
(d) Members of the working shall serve without compensation and may conduct meetings remotely to carry out the purposes of the working group.
(e) The working group shall study and investigate:
(1) The role of sobriety checkpoints in high traffic areas;
(2) Routine saturation patrols;
(3) The impact of reducing a person's permissible blood alcohol level while operating a vehicle from .08 per cent to .05 per cent; and
(4) Means of attracting additional law enforcement to sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols.
(f) In conducting its work, the working group shall:
(1) Conduct informational meetings throughout the State with community stakeholders;
(2) Convene meetings to develop recommendations to better coordinate and improve the protection of pedestrians and motorists in the State; and
(3) Identify best practices and methods to sustain effective enforcement of state laws prohibiting the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
(g) The working group shall submit a report of
its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the
legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular
session of 2025.
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The working group shall cease to exist on June 30, 2025.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Driving Under the Influence; Working Group
Description:
Establishes an intoxicated driving reduction working group to make recommendations for amendments to existing laws to reduce incidents of intoxicated driving.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
