HB 1641 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

HB 1641 bans the sale, lease, rental, distribution, possession, or operation of high-speed electric bicycles. It directly affects individuals who own or use these bikes and businesses that sell or rent them. The bill establishes specific penalties for violating these prohibitions. This legislation creates a clear legal restriction on high-speed e-bike activities within the state.

Issues: ✗ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1641_HD1 → HB1641_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended from House District 1 to House District 2, updating internal tracking metadata and dates. The most significant substantive change expands the prohibition on operating high-speed electric devices to include sidewalks, in addition to existing restrictions on bicycle lanes, highways, roadways, and streets. The title was also updated to use the plural 'Prohibitions' instead of 'Prohibited', and minor formatting adjustments were made to the list of vehicle exemptions.

Scope change

The bill's scope of prohibited operation locations was expanded to include sidewalks.

REQUIREMENT

Prohibited operation locations for high-speed electric devices were expanded to include sidewalks in addition to bicycle lanes, highways, roadways, and streets.

DEFINITION

The title of the act was changed from 'Prohibited' to 'Prohibitions' to reflect the plural nature of the rules.

TECHNICAL

Internal document metadata, including revision numbers, file paths, and timestamp records, were updated to reflect the transition from HD1 to HD2.

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

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 678-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 208-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors