Good morning.

Will the Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation, and Technology please come to order.

It is Wednesday, July 15 at 9 01 a.m.

And I would like to welcome our committee members.

We have Committee Vice Chair Okamoto, Committee Member Tupola, and Committee Member Wire.

And Committee Member DeSantos TAM will be joining us shortly.

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Um, to our knowledge, none were ever built in Honolulu, although in the 1980s they did contemplate building one at the new uh Central Pacific Bank Tower, but obviously that was never actually um constructed as part of the Central Pacific Bank Tower.

Anyway, it's high time that we uh remove this.

I will note I am glad that in the 1950s, Honolulu was forward-thinking enough to think about how to permit a new technology back then.

Um obviously it's no longer new and frankly was never used, but here we are.

Thank you.

Committee member DeSantis Tam.

Um, I don't have anyone from the city administration, but I do uh recall there was some brief discussion, but um members uh I will go to testimony.

We don't have any registered remote testimony or in-person testimony, but is there anyone online or in person who wishes to testify?

Seeing none, members, we are back in discussion.

Back in discussion.

Okay, seeing none, the chair recommends that bill 35 2026 be reported out for passage on third reading.

Any discussion, any objections, reservations, hearing none, so ordered.

Moving forward uh to agenda item two, we have bill 41 relating to transportation.

Um members, there's a posted proposed CD one of the version of the bill identified as OCS 2026-04199 0194 um forward slash seven forward slash 2026 119 p.m.

submitted by council member deSantos TAM.

For your information, a summary of the amendments are listed on the agenda.

I know that uh we did have discussion about this last committee in last month um with uh different uh um input from the Department of Transportation Services as well as the Hawaii Bicycling League.

I will defer to Councilmember DeSantis Tam if you want to further explain your CD1, but it is posted on the agenda as well.

No, thank you, Chair.

Um, the posted uh CD1 makes a number of recommendations from both the Hawaii Bicycling League as well as the Department of Transportation Services.

Again, the purpose of this bill is to align our regulations with uh the newly passed state law, uh, which I understand the governor is expected to sign uh later today.

Um one of the things that has come up constantly from the public in their frustrations about e-bikes is well, why isn't there more enforcement?

Why can't we just enforce the laws that we have?

Well, the answer is is that our state laws and our county laws are often disjointed.

And with this bill, we're trying to align them so it's much easier for an HPD officer to say this is both against state law and county law, and there's no wiggle room in between.

Thank you very much.

Um members, I do also have a hand carry proposed CD one.

Um it doesn't make uh substantive changes uh to the CD one that was proposed and posted um by council member dosantos TAM.

Um it is identified as OCS 2026-0449 forward slash seven forward slash fourteen forward slash 2026 at 33 p.m.

Um, submitted by myself.

You'll see it on your uh on your desk as well.

Um, but I do have to read it, so please be aware of it, be um bear with me.

I mean, the cd one does make the following amendments in section four of the bill, it amends the definition of motor by adding the term motor-driven cycle.

It adds a new section five of the bill to make conforming amendments to RO8 section 15-6.7 regarding electric foot scooters and electric micromobility devices within bikeways, renumbers subsequent sections accordingly.

In renumbered section six of the bill, which was formerly section five, it revises ROH section 15-1311 C to prohibit a person from one parking a moped in a bicycle rack located on a sidewalk unless signage so permits or two, driving the moped on a sidewalk in violation of our H HRS section 29291 C-196C removes section eight, which adds a new section to Chapter 15, Article 18 entitled Writing on Bikeways to Section 13 to conform to drafting style conventions and renumbers subsequent suck sections accordingly.

In my in renumbered section eight of the bill, formerly section seven, it deletes the proposed language in section 15-18.7b and restores the existing language of ROE 16.

I'm sorry, RH section 15-18.7b with non-substantive amendments, I mean revisions.

It deletes a proposed language in ROH section 15-18.7 C and replaces it with the following.

Except where prohibited pursuant to subsections A and B, a person may ride a bicycle, including a class one, class two, or class three electric bicycle upon a sidewalk, provided that the speed of travel does not exceed 10 miles per hour.