HI HB 706
died on adjournmentRELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Requires all skateboard users under the age of sixteen to wear a helmet while operating a skateboard. Takes effect 1/1/3000. (SD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- TAKENOUCHIprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-17
Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.
referral-committee
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).
receipt
2025-04-15
Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads Co-Chair; Inouye, Fevella.
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Takenouchi, Pierick.
2025-04-11
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
receipt
2025-04-10
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2025-04-08
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 666) in amended form (SD 1).
2025-04-08
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.
passage
2025-04-04
One Day Notice 04-08-25.
2025-04-04
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1675) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-03-27
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27
The committee on JDC reconsidered its previous decision.
2025-03-27
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2025-03-21
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2025-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-21
Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1319) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2025-03-18
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-14
The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2025-03-06
Referred to TCA, JDC.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-03-06
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 271).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-04
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.
passage
2025-02-28
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1080), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-20
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-18
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-11
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).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-11
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 376) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2025-02-06
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-04
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-06-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21
Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 2
referral-committee
2025-01-21
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-17
Pending introduction.
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Votes
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-06 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Kila: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Evslin: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- La Chica: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Muraoka: yes
- Pierick: not voting
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-20 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Tarnas: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Belatti: yes
- Hashem: yes
- Kahaloa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Takayama: yes
- Todd: yes
- Shimizu: yes
- Garcia: no
- Cochran: not voting
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-18 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Inouye: yes
- Elefante: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- DeCorte: yes
Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-03-27 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- Awa: yes
- San Buenaventura: not voting
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-03-27 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: no
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2025-04-08 · pass · 23-2
Member-level votes (2)
- Keohokalole: yes
- McKelvey: yes
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 344not in this corpus
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