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Hawaii 2026

HB 706

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-16 15:11:03 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Helmet Requirement, Minors, Skateboards
Introduced / first action
2025-01-17 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires all skateboard users under the age of sixteen to wear a helmet while operating a skateboard. Takes effect 1/1/3000. (SD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.

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

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  3. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

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  6. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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

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  8. Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads Co-Chair; Inouye, Fevella.

  9. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).

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  10. House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Takenouchi, Pierick.

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

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  12. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  13. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Keohokalole, McKelvey. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  14. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 666) in amended form (SD 1).

  15. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1675) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  16. One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  17. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

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  18. The committee on JDC reconsidered its previous decision.

  19. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

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  20. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  21. Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1319) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

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

  24. The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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

  26. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 271).

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  27. Passed First Reading.

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  28. Referred to TCA, JDC.

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  29. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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  30. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1080), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  31. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

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

  33. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 376) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  34. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

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  35. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

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

  37. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  38. Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 2

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  39. Pending introduction.

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