HB 227 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY.

HB 227 creates new fines for drivers and moped operators who operate vehicles without a current certificate of inspection. It directly affects anyone operating a car, truck, or moped that lacks a valid safety inspection. The bill establishes additional penalties for this violation, effective July 1, 3000. This policy change aims to strengthen vehicle safety enforcement by adding financial consequences for operating uninspected vehicles. The bill passed committee with amendments in January 2025.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from a document-based layout to a structured digital format with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the fine amounts ($150 for first offense, $250 for second offense) and the effective date of July 1, 3000.

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The entire document structure was converted from a traditional legislative markup format to a digital template format with metadata headers, but no policy content was altered.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 75) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors