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HI SB 1117

died on adjournment

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Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 1117 pass?

No. HI SB 1117 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 (2026-04-17): Re-Referred to TRS, WAM.

What is HI SB 1117 about?

Prohibits a person from operating a moped or electric motorcycle in certain areas designated for bicycles. Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program. Expands eligibility for the rebate program and amends the maximum rebate amounts. Reduces the deadline to submit an application to six months from the date of purchase. Requires applicants who are enrolled in a school, community college, or university to demonstrate a financial need to be eligible for an additional assistance rebate. Exempts certain class 3 electric bicycles from registration requirements. Establishes a cap for the Electric Mobility Device subaccount and requirements for transferring funds into the subaccount. Amends the age requirement for required helmet use from 16 to 18 years of age. Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Establishes rules for electric bicycle operation. Allows use of electric bicycles on public sidewalks, subject to certain conditions. Prohibits individuals under 18 years of age from operating an electric motorcycle or motor-driven cycle. Changes the term "motor scooter" to "motor-driven vehicle". Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Who sponsors HI SB 1117?

LEE, C. are the primary sponsors of HI SB 1117, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits a person from operating a moped or electric motorcycle in certain areas designated for bicycles. Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program. Expands eligibility for the rebate program and amends the maximum rebate amounts. Reduces the deadline to submit an application to six months from the date of purchase. Requires applicants who are enrolled in a school, community college, or university to demonstrate a financial need to be eligible for an additional assistance rebate. Exempts certain class 3 electric bicycles from registration requirements. Establishes a cap for the Electric Mobility Device subaccount and requirements for transferring funds into the subaccount. Amends the age requirement for required helmet use from 16 to 18 years of age. Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Establishes rules for electric bicycle operation. Allows use of electric bicycles on public sidewalks, subject to certain conditions. Prohibits individuals under 18 years of age from operating an electric motorcycle or motor-driven cycle. Changes the term "motor scooter" to "motor-driven vehicle". Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to TRS, WAM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • LEEprimary
  • C.primary
  • Richardscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to TRS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 329.

  8. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.

  9. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 411.

  10. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 3:30PM in Conference Room 411.

  11. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225.

  12. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  13. 2025-04-23

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  14. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  15. 2025-04-21

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  16. 2025-04-16

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Aquino Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.

  17. 2025-04-16

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  18. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

    receipt

  19. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Matayoshi, Tarnas, Grandinetti Co-Chairs; Muraoka.

  20. 2025-04-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 672).

    introduction,receipt

  21. 2025-04-10

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  22. 2025-04-10

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).

    receipt

  23. 2025-04-08

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  24. 2025-04-04

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2019) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  25. 2025-04-04

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.

  26. 2025-03-27

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  28. 2025-03-20

    Reported from CPC/JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1382), recommending referral to FIN.

  29. 2025-03-20

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    passage,referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-18

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tam, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-03-18

    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, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-03-14

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1236) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JHA.

  33. 2025-03-14

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  34. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JHA on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2025-03-13

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-03-11

    The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-13-25.

    deferral

  37. 2025-03-11

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:00AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  39. 2025-03-04

    Referred to TRN, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 18

    referral-committee

  40. 2025-02-28

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  41. 2025-02-27

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Inouye, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  42. 2025-02-27

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 30) in amended form (SD 2).

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  43. 2025-02-19

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 705) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  44. 2025-02-19

    48 Hrs. Notice 02-27-25.

  45. 2025-02-12

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-02-10

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  47. 2025-02-07

    Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 107) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  48. 2025-02-07

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  49. 2025-01-30

    The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-01-27

    The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  51. 2025-01-23

    Referred to TCA, WAM.

    referral-committee

  52. 2025-01-21

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  53. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-30 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • DeCorte: no

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

    2025-02-12 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

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

    2025-02-27 · pass · 23-2

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes

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

    2025-03-13 · pass · 6-0

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

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

    2025-03-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: not voting
    • Pierick: not voting

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

    2025-03-18 · 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 on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-27 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Hussey: not voting
    • Alcos: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

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