SB 95: RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2025-01-08
Current Status:
Failed
(2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.)
Introduced
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First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to vehicle Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 286-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-25 Operation of a vehicle
or moped without a certificate of inspection. Whoever operates, permits the operation of,
causes to be operated, or parks any vehicle or moped on a public highway
without a current official certificate of inspection, issued under section
286-26, shall be fined not more than [$100.]:
(1) $100 for a first offense; and
(2) $200 for a second offense within ten years of a prior offense;
provided that the fine shall be not more than $ for any offense where the certificate of inspection is more than two years expired."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Certificate of Inspection; Vehicle Safety; Fines
Description:
Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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| Dec 8, 2025 | Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. |
| Feb 21, 2025 | The recommendation was not adopted. |
| Feb 21, 2025 | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. |
| Feb 18, 2025 | The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 131) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. |
| Jan 30, 2025 | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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. |
| Jan 27, 2025 | The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Referred to TCA, JDC. |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Pending Introduction. |
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| Feb 21, 2025 | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS | Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary |
Failed |
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| Jan 30, 2025 | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED | Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts |
Passed |
This list shows positions taken on this bill by organizations on the date displayed, which is linked to the original source.
Positions by individuals are not included.
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| Department of Transportation | ** Support | |
| Office of the Public Defender and Moped Doctors Inc | ** Against |
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 131
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 95
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 95 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to create additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.
Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Public Defender and Moped Doctors Inc.
Your Committee finds that certificates of inspection are vital to the safety of Hawaii's streets and roads. By looking over every important component of each vehicle, safety inspections ensure the safety of all drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Your Committee believes that creating additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection will promote operator awareness of proper maintenance. Therefore, by encouraging adherence to critical safety standards via fines, this measure will increase public safety.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 95 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,
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________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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Discussed in Hearing
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Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
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