# Hawaii HB 860: RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Hawaii HB 860, RELATING TO LIABILITY., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Matthias Kusch (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Act 200, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300).) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 860
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO LIABILITY.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-06-06, Act 200, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300).
- Sponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Subjects: Roads in Limbo, Liability for Repair or Maintenance, Counties, Report, TRN, JHA, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 12 (220 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Specifies for a county with a population of more than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand, that the State or county may repair or maintain any street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and county. Specifies that the State or county that repaired or maintained the street may only be held liable for acts or omissions arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street that the State or county performed at any time. Deems that repair or maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county. Sunsets 7/1/2030. (CD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Takuya Garrett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tina Nakada Grandinetti (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel Holt (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Coco Iwamoto (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: LA CHICA
- Cosponsor: LAMOSAO
- Cosponsor: Mike Lee (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nicole E. Lowen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: M.
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Scot Z. Matayoshi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy A. Perruso (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mahina Poepoe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: REYES ODA
- Cosponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David A. Tarnas (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-25 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-25 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 9 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (57)

- 2025-06-06: Act 200, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: Act 200, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). (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, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) McKelvey. 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 329. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 411. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 3:30PM in Conference Room 411. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Kusch, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas. (House)
- 2025-04-25: 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, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 209) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 209). (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Re-referred to TRN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 33 (House)
- 2025-04-17: House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas, Grandinetti Co-Chairs; Kusch, Pierick. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Wakai, Rhoads, Kanuha Co-Chairs; DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828). (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, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 684) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1811) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kidani. (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from TCA/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1320) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: 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)
- 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on TCA deferred the measure until 03-18-25 3:02PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on EIG deferred the measure until 03-18-25 3:02PM; CR 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: The committee(s) on TCA/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Referred to TCA/EIG, JDC/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 40). (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 897), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-27: Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-20: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Garcia; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti; 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)
- 2025-02-11: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 369) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-02-11: 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 Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). (House)
- 2025-02-04: 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; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-01-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-04-25 10:00AM 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/HB860_CD1_.pdf)
- HB860_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_CD1_.HTM)
- HB860_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_HD1_.HTM)
- HB860_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_SD1_.HTM)
- HB860_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1300_.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB860_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB860_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB860_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB860_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB860_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1300_.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB860-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).