Bill Commons

HI HB 1163

enacted

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amends requirements to commercial driver's license qualification standards to meet current federal regulations to allow the State to issue a non-domiciled commercial learner's permit and non‑domiciled commercial driver's license for applicants who are unable to provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency. (CD1)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — Act 019, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • NAKAMURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-19

    Act 019, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).

    became-law

  2. 2026-05-19

    Act 019, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).

    became-law

  3. 2026-04-30

    Transmitted to Governor.

  4. 2026-05-01

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882).

    receipt

  5. 2026-04-30

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803).

    receipt

  6. 2026-04-30

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

    passage

  7. 2026-04-30

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

  8. 2026-04-28

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26

  9. 2026-04-28

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3-26).

  10. 2026-04-28

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.

  11. 2026-04-28

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  12. 2026-04-27

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte.

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  13. 2026-04-27

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Takenouchi, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  14. 2026-04-24

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 329.

  15. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  16. 2026-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Chang Co-Chair; DeCorte.

  17. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Muraoka.

  19. 2026-04-17

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  20. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  21. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 571) in amended form (SD 2).

  22. 2026-04-14

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  23. 2026-04-09

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  24. 2026-04-09

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3690) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  25. 2026-03-31

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  26. 2026-03-25

    The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  27. 2026-03-24

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  28. 2026-03-24

    Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3141) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  29. 2026-03-19

    The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-03-16

    The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  31. 2026-03-10

    Referred to TRS, JDC.

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  32. 2026-03-10

    Passed First Reading.

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  33. 2026-03-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 132).

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  34. 2026-03-06

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

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  35. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1005-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  36. 2026-03-04

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2026-03-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  39. 2025-02-14

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

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  40. 2025-02-14

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 702) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  41. 2025-02-13

    The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-02-11

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  43. 2025-01-23

    Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3

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  44. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  45. 2025-01-21

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-13 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kila: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Cochran: not voting
    • Evslin: not voting
    • Kitagawa: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-03-04 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Gedeon: yes

  • The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-19 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • C: not voting
    • DeCorte: not voting

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-31 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-04-27 · pass · 2-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • DeCorte: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-04-27 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Kila: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Muraoka: yes

  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).

    2026-04-30 · pass · 25-0

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