Legislative record

SB 1479STATE · HawaiiIn Committee

RELATING TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.

Amends sections 286-102 and 286-181, HRS, to allow exemptions to include use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans, which may not meet school bus regulations for school bus services, but which shall otherwise meet vehicle requirements and qualifications set forth in chapter 19-143, Hawaii Administrative Rules, to the extent required by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education, when adult staff chaperone escorts of students are provided while students are being transported between designated locations off-campus and designated locations on-campus.

Voted 1/21/2026

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 1/21/2026Re-Referred to TRS/EDU, WAM.
  2. 12/8/2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
  3. 1/27/2025Referred to TCA/EDU, WAM.
  4. 1/23/2025Introduced and passed First Reading.
  5. 1/21/2025Pending Introduction.