STAND. COM. REP. NO.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 119
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and
Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred
S.R. No. 119 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION AND ADAPTION COMMISSION TO DEVELOP VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND MAKE RELATED
RECOMMENDATIONS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission to:
(1) Develop vehicle miles traveled reduction strategies;
(2) Recommend a statewide vehicle miles traveled reduction
target;
(3) Recommend benchmarks for, and evaluate progress toward,
the vehicle miles traveled reduction target;
(4) Identify state and county agencies to collaborate and
coordinate on the implementation of vehicle miles
traveled reduction policies, strategies, and programs;
and
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(5) Submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2025.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Commission and Citizens' Climate Lobby Hawaii.
Your Committees received comments on this measure from the
Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.
Your Committees find that although decarbonizing ground
transportation is essential for the State to meet its ambitious
greenhouse gas reduction goals, current strategies to mitigate
vehicle miles traveled in the State are ineffective. The report
requested in this measure would provide decision-makers with the
information necessary to support and implement practical and
efficient solutions that will help the State achieve carbon
neutrality by 2045.
Your Committees have amended this measure by making a
technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity
and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Transportation and
Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 119, as
amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached
hereto as S.R. No. 119, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Agriculture and
Environment and Transportation
and Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair MIKE GABBARD, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral:
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The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 ' 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
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TOTAL 3
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
AEN/rc/l
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended k^Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC) yX"
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
AWA. Brenton
TOTAL _
Recommendation:
LjJ^dopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s SigpatHf^—
Distribution: Original/ Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24