HCR 136 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIANS TO WEAR REFLECTIVE GEAR BETWEEN THE HOURS OF DUSK AND DAWN.

HCR 136 is a concurrent resolution urging the City and County of Honolulu to implement regulations requiring pedestrians to wear reflective gear between dusk and dawn. It directly affects pedestrians in Honolulu during low-visibility hours, citing rising pedestrian collision statistics and safety research supporting reflective gear. The resolution urges the city to develop regulations, designate high-risk areas with signage, and launch public education campaigns - though it does not create binding law. This is a procedural resolution seeking voluntary action, not a legislative mandate.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2025

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HCR136 → HCR136_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a legacy layout to a modern template, but the substantive policy content remains largely unchanged. The primary substantive change is the shift in the resolution's language from 'requiring' pedestrians to wear reflective gear to 'encouraging' them to do so, which weakens the bill's mandate. Additionally, the resolution now includes a reference to Ohio's minor misdemeanor law as context, which was previously omitted.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same (urging Honolulu to address pedestrian safety), but the legal weight of the request was reduced by changing 'requiring' to 'encouraging'.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the language from 'requiring pedestrians to wear reflective gear' to 'encouraging pedestrians to wear reflective gear', reducing the mandatory nature of the request.

Modified the resolution to urge collaborative work on 'designating areas of high risk' and 'erecting signage' rather than just identifying them.

SCOPE

Added a new WHEREAS clause referencing Ohio's minor misdemeanor law for walking without reflective clothing, providing additional legal context for the proposal.

TECHNICAL

Replaced legacy formatting with a modern template structure, including metadata fields and standardized headers.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG/TCA.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 418).

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1714) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) La Chica; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Evslin; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors