# Hawaii HB 2031: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Hawaii HB 2031, RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Darius K. Kila (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3113) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2031-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 2031
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3113) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
- Sponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: DOT, DLE, Administrative Hearings Division, Administrative Hearings, Transportation Network Companies, Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems, Speed Enforcement Systems, Commercial Driver's Licenses, TRS, JDC/WAM
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (139 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes the Administrative Hearings Division within the Department of Transportation and transfers certain administrative hearing powers to the Division, including matters related to transportation network company permit appeals, automated red light camera and speed enforcement traffic citations, and commercial driver's license appeals. Specifies that a person aggrieved by an administrative decision related to red light camera and speed enforcement traffic citations may petition for judicial review. Allows authorized employees of the Department of Law Enforcement to review images produced by the automated red light camera and speed enforcement systems. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cory M. Chun (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greggor Ilagan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ikaika Olds (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Quinlan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: REYES ODA
- Cosponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-03-23: Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3113) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: 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)
- 2026-03-13: The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: The committee(s) on TRS has rescheduled its public hearing to 03-17-26 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Referred to TRS, JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 76). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 837-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-03-05: Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Souza voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-03-02: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. (House)
- 2026-02-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-20: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 732-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-02-20: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). (House)
- 2026-02-19: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-02-17: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-12: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 211-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2026-02-12: 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)
- 2026-02-10: The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-02-06: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-01-28: Referred to TRN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2026-01-26: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2026-01-23: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_SD1_.pdf)
- HB2031_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_HD1_.HTM)
- HB2031_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_HD2_.HTM)
- HB2031_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_SD1_.pdf)
- [HB2031_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB2031_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB2031_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2031_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [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 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 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2031-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).