RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
SB 662 authorizes county police officers to enforce the Statewide Traffic Code on all public streets, roadways, and highways throughout the state. This directly affects county law enforcement officers and drivers using public roads by expanding officers' authority to issue traffic citations statewide. The key provision removes any prior restrictions on where county police could enforce traffic laws, requiring no additional local action for statewide application. Drivers would face consistent traffic enforcement on all public roads without geographic limitations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Signed Jun 3, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill was converted from a House Draft (HD3) to a Senate Draft (SD1) version, adding a new Part I that requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer public roads in the Villages of Kapolei to the City and County of Honolulu by January 1, 2026. The original Part I content was removed and replaced with this new requirement, while Part II was retained with minor text adjustments. The effective date was changed from July 1, 3000 to July 1, 2050.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include a new requirement for road transfer between state and local entities, while the existing authority for county police to enforce traffic code was maintained with minor wording changes.
REQUIREMENT
New Part I requiring Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer Villages of Kapolei roads to City and County of Honolulu by January 1, 2026
Original Part I content regarding road transfer requirements was removed and replaced with new transfer mandate
TIMELINE
Effective date changed from July 1, 3000 to July 1, 2050
ENFORCEMENT
Minor wording changes to county police enforcement authority section, changing 'police officers' to 'police officer of a county' and 'state, or county' to 'state, and county'
TECHNICAL
Header information changed from Senate HD3 format to Senate SD1 format with metadata fields
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
57
Key actions
21
Committee
24
Amendments
2
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 192) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 192).
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Todd, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Muraoka.
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Elefante, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 224.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Amended
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 653).
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1448) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from HSG/TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1270) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
lower
Mar 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, Evslin, Kitagawa, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to HSG/TRN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 183) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 476) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Re-Referred to HOU, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to HOU/EIG, WAM.
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
Mike Gabbard
DDemocratic
P
Stanley Chang
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
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