S.B. 241 Summary

• Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on Honolulu International Airport's potential participation in the Transportation Security Administration's screening partnership program.

• Study must assess benefits, risks, costs, security impacts, implementation timeline, and other relevant issues related to private security screening contractor participation.

• Department must report findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2018 regular session convenes.

• Authorizes privatization of airport security screening operations under federal TSA oversight, citing examples of 23 participating U.S. airports as of April 2016.