# Hawaii HB 1692: RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Hawaii HB 1692, RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Darius K. Kila (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-05 (Act 095, 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195).) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 1692
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-06-05, Act 095, 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195).
- Sponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Stationary Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Duty of Approaching Vehicle, Traffic Violations, Pickup Trucks, Passenger Restrictions, TRS, JDC
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 11 (223 yes, 8 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Part I: Requires drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning signals to slow down to a reasonable and prudent speed and make a lane change if possible and safe to do so or come to a complete stop if necessary. Part II: Prohibits the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area on roadways with posted speed limits of forty-six miles per hour or higher and roadways with three or more lanes traveling in the same direction. Provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions. Increases the minimum age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while in operation from twelve years of age to eighteen years of age. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greggor Ilagan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY
- Cosponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nicole E. Lowen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ikaika Olds (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David A. Tarnas (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 22 | 3 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 2 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 22 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (46)

- 2026-06-05: Act 095, 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). (Senate)
- 2026-06-05: Act 095, on 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Transmitted to Governor. (House)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto voting no (2) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House)
- 2026-04-29: 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) Inouye, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Tarnas, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 55-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 55-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26 (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha. (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 778). (House)
- 2026-04-24: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 820). (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Muraoka. (House)
- 2026-04-17: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 603) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3743) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: 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 ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3277) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Re-Referred to TRS, JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 265). (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to TRS/PSM, JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1173-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. (House)
- 2026-03-05: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Sayama. (House)
- 2026-03-03: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 440-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-02-12: The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti. (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-12-26 8:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-01-26: Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1 (House)
- 2026-01-21: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2026-01-20: Prefiled. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_CD1_.pdf)
- HB1692_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_CD1_.HTM)
- HB1692_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_HD1_.HTM)
- HB1692_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_HD2_.HTM)
- HB1692_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_SD1_.HTM)
- HB1692_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1195_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB1692_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB1692_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB1692_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB1692_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB1692_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1692_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1195_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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