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HI HB 1523

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 1523 pass?

No. HI HB 1523 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-20): House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Pierick.

What is HI HB 1523 about?

Removes references to countdown timers as it relates to pedestrian-control signals, including the requirement that pedestrians must begin crossing a roadway before a countdown timer begins. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1523?

TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN and 16 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1523, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Removes references to countdown timers as it relates to pedestrian-control signals, including the requirement that pedestrians must begin crossing a roadway before a countdown timer begins. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-04-20 — House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Pierick.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • TARNASprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TODDprimary
  • Matsumotocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-20

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

  2. 2026-04-20

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

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-17

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

    receipt

  4. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  5. 2026-04-14

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  6. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 580) in amended form (SD 1).

  7. 2026-04-09

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3691) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  8. 2026-04-09

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  9. 2026-03-31

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-03-25

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

  11. 2026-03-23

    Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3105) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.

  12. 2026-03-23

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  13. 2026-03-17

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-03-13

    The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  15. 2026-03-13

    The committee(s) on TRS has rescheduled its public hearing to 03-17-26 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  16. 2026-03-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 135).

    introduction,receipt

  17. 2026-03-10

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  18. 2026-03-10

    Referred to TRS, JDC.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-06

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 993-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  20. 2026-03-06

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Olds voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  21. 2026-02-26

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-02-24

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

  23. 2026-02-18

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 444-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  24. 2026-02-18

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  25. 2026-02-17

    The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2026-02-12

    The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-17-26 at 9:15AM.

    deferral

  27. 2026-02-12

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:15AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  28. 2026-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-12-26 8:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. 2026-01-26

    Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-17 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kila: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Cochran: not voting
    • Pierick: not voting
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-26 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Belatti: not voting
    • Cochran: not voting
  • The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-31 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: no
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2026-04-14 · pass · 22-3

Related bills

  • Companion bill: SB 3044, SB3209not in this corpus

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