# Hawaii HB 1162: RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSTRUCTION PERMITS.

Hawaii HB 1162, RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSTRUCTION PERMITS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Act 066, 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166).) (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 1162
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSTRUCTION PERMITS.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-19, Act 066, 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166).
- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: DOT, Motorcycle Instruction Permits, Basic Motorcycle Rider Course, Enclosed State Certified Training Range, TCA, JDC
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 11 (220 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires all applicants for a motorcycle instruction permit to successfully complete a basic motorcycle rider course approved by the Department of Transportation. Clarifies that a person shall not operate a motor vehicle in connection with the driving training course without a valid temporary instruction permit unless it is a motorcycle that is being used for training purposes on an enclosed state certified training range. (CD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 22 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 2 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 46 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (47)

- 2025-05-19: Act 066, 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). (Senate)
- 2025-05-19: Act 066, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor. (House)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, McKelvey). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 79) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 79). (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Rhoads, Elefante, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads Co-Chair; Elefante, DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828). (House)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Muraoka. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2025-04-08: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 741) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1735) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1298) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 341). (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to TCA, JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1090) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. (House)
- 2025-02-20: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-02-18: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 549) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-02-13: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). (House)
- 2025-02-11: 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; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-02-07: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2025-01-21: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_CD1_.pdf)
- HB1162_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_CD1_.HTM)
- HB1162_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_HD1_.HTM)
- HB1162_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_HD2_.HTM)
- HB1162_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_SD1_.HTM)
- HB1162_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1166_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB1162_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB1162_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB1162_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB1162_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB1162_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1162_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1166_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1162-2025 (as of 2026-11-03).