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SB 2026STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Part I: Requires drivers of vehicles approaching stationary motor vehicles stopped in any location on the roadway, shoulder, or roadside to slow down and make a lane change if necessary. Part II: Prohibits the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area on roadways with posted speed limits of forty-six miles per hour or higher and roadways with three or more lanes traveling in the same direction. Provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions. Increases the minimum age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while in operation from twelve years of age to eighteen years of age. 0Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 3/30/2026View source

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How representatives voted

18 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/30/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
  2. 3/30/2026Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1473-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
  3. 3/24/2026The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Cochran, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  4. 3/19/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  5. 3/12/2026Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 17
  6. 3/12/2026Pass First Reading
  7. 3/10/2026Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 152) in amended form (SD 2).
  8. 3/10/2026Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
  9. 3/6/202648 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
  10. 3/6/2026Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3062) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).