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HB 2033: TRANSPORTATION; DOT; SELLERS; LICENSED DEALERS; FRONT NUMBER PLATE; MOUNTING DEVICE; TRAFFIC CODE; RACING; AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS PROGRAM; HIGH-RISK LOCATIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; COUNTIES; INSPECTIONS; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL BUS INFRACTION DETECTION SYSTEM; SCHOOL BUS; PASSING; OVERTAKING; CAMERAS; INSTALLATION; PENALTY; APPROPRIATIONS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-10

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-14: Recommitted to WAM/JDC.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

PART I:  Requires motor vehicles to have front number plate mounting brackets or devices and for sellers, licensed dealers, or owners to securely affix number plates to the vehicles.  PART II:  Amends the Traffic Code relating to street racing.  PART III:  Expands the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program to high-risk locations of state or county highways as determined by the Department of Transportation, under certain conditions.  Appropriates moneys.  PART IV:  Authorizes the installation of a school bus infraction detection system on the exterior of a school bus.  Establishes strict liability and the process for issuing summons or citations for drivers shown by the system to be in violation of certain school bus laws.  Clarifies the liability of drivers near a school bus that is actively monitored by a school bus infraction detection system.  Appropriates moneys.  PART V:  Specifies that the Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Safety Office shall administer the Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems Program Special Fund and Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund.  PART VI:  Clarifies language relating to photo red light enforcement, automated speed enforcement, and penalty provisions.  PART VII:  Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules allowing for mobile vehicle safety inspections of passenger cars.  Effective 7/1/3000; provided that part IV, except the rule-making directive and appropriation, effective 7/1/2028.  (SD2)

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Finance57SEC
Mar 2, 2026

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3MIN
Feb 19, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs50SEC
Feb 19, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Transportation2MIN
Feb 10, 2026

House Standing Committee on Transportation

House Standing Committee on Transportation2MIN
Feb 10, 2026

House Standing Committee on Transportation

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HB 2033: Transportation; DOT; Sellers; Licensed Dealers; Front Number Plate; Mounting Device; Traffic Code; Racing; Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program; High-risk Locations; Highway Safety; Counties; Inspections; Registration; School Bus Infraction Detection System; School Bus; Passing; Overtaking; Cameras; Installation; Penalty; Appropriations | Digital Democracy