Bill Text: HI HB1235 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1235 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Pedestrian Safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-28 - Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB1235 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1235-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1235
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to pedestrian safety.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. In 2018, more pedestrians than occupants in motor vehicles were killed in motor-vehicle incidents in Hawaii�something that has not occurred in at least fifteen years. Last year, forty-three pedestrians and thirty-eight occupants of motor vehicles died in collisions statewide, according to preliminary figures from the department of transportation. In 2017, by contrast, fifteen pedestrians and sixty occupants of motor vehicles died in motor-vehicle incidents in the State.

The legislature finds that teaching children from a very early age about the importance of pedestrian safety will help to reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities. Thus, the purpose of this Act is to require each public-school student to attend a pedestrian-safety course annually.

SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A- Pedestrian-safety course. (a) The department of education shall require each student in public school from kindergarten through grade twelve to attend a pedestrian-safety course annually.

(b) Each pedestrian-safety course shall last a minimum of one hour."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Department of Education; Annual Pedestrian-safety Course

Description:

Directs the Department of Education to require each student from kindergarten through grade 12 to take a pedestrian-safety course annually.

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