HB 1471 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Summary

Imposes an additional fee for a certificate of registration for motor vehicles, to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1471 → HB1471_HD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was substantially rewritten from a focus on pedestrian safety infrastructure to a general motor vehicle registration fee increase. The original version required the Department of Transportation to install traffic signals with pedestrian safety features and funded these installations through a $5 fee. The new version removes all pedestrian safety requirements and instead establishes a $2 registration fee (up to $10 by ordinance) for a revolving fund covering highway beautification, abandoned vehicle disposal, and tourism-related traffic congestion.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from specific pedestrian safety infrastructure requirements to general motor vehicle registration fees with broader fund purposes including highway beautification and abandoned vehicle management.

REQUIREMENT

All requirements for installing traffic actuated signals with leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals were removed from the bill.

FISCAL

The $5 fee specifically for pedestrian safety infrastructure was removed; the original appropriation of $599,000 for signal installation was eliminated.

A new $2 registration fee per vehicle was added, with authority to increase up to $10 by county ordinance, creating a revolving fund for highway beautification, abandoned vehicle disposal, and tourism traffic congestion.

ELIGIBILITY

The fee purpose changed from exclusively funding pedestrian safety infrastructure to a broader fund covering multiple transportation and beautification purposes.

DEFINITION

All definitions related to pedestrian safety (leading pedestrian interval, accessible pedestrian signal, high collision rates) were removed from the statute.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to July 1, 3000, likely a placeholder indicating the bill requires further review before implementation.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 707) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

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.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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In committee

Feb 14, 2025

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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Passage Likelihood 51%

51% medium confidence

Most factors fell back to their neutral default

AI-estimated based on sponsor alignment, committee composition, similar bills, and momentum. Not a guarantee.

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