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Hawaii 2026

HB 54

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-18 19:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Excessive Speeding, Penalties, Property Forfeiture, Vehicle
Introduced / first action
2025-01-13 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Increases penalties for a third or subsequent offense within five years of excessive speeding to a misdemeanor. Increases penalties for a second offense within five years of excessive speeding. Authorizes the court, as part of the person's sentencing for the third or subsequent offense, to order that the vehicle used by the person in the commission of the offense be subject to forfeiture. Requires individuals convicted of excessive speeding to be subject to identification processing procedures. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.

    referral-committee

  2. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  3. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  5. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  6. House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Pierick.

  7. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  8. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  9. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, Richards. Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, McKelvey, San Buenaventura). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  10. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 593) in amended form (SD 2).

  11. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1716) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  12. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  13. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1332) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  15. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

    passage, reading-2, referral-committee

  16. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  17. The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  19. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 182).

    introduction, receipt

  20. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  21. Referred to TCA, JDC.

    referral-committee

  22. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu, Souza voting no (2) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  23. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1067) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  25. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 384) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  28. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  29. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Cochran, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Evslin; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-06-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  32. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  33. Prefiled.

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