---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX."
description: "Excludes the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2714"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2714 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicle Weight Tax", "Exemption for Lifts and Ramps"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "GALUTERIA", "HARIMOTO", "Inouye", "K. Kahele", "KIDANI", "Nishihara", "Shimabukuro", "Taniguchi", "Tokuda", "Wakai"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab38c23-a86e-4c93-a6e3-9e430ec09190"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2714&year=2018"
source_hash: "6deebb3b03d51f29dc025cef9a4613180f081a5b0879d66ee754bf55d0135ea2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 2714 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX.

Excludes the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB2714** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2714_.HTM)
2. **SB2714_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2714_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2714_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2714_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- GALUTERIA — primary (person)
- HARIMOTO — primary (person)
- Inouye — primary (person)
- K. Kahele — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
- Shimabukuro — primary (person)
- Taniguchi — primary (person)
- Tokuda — primary (person)
- Wakai — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to TRE, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** The committee(s) on TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-18 1:25PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-02-14** The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Espero, Harimoto, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from TRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2441) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2018-02-16** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2018-02-16** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2622) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 275) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 03-21-18 9:45AM in House conference room 423.
- **2018-03-21** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Quinlan, Brower, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1396-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-23** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-03-18 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-04-03** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Tupola, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1961-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 591). `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 784).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Aquino, Cullen Co-Chairs; Takayama, McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Espero, Shimabukuro Co-Chairs.
- **2018-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-18 3:00PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 833).
- **2018-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 10:00AM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 10:00AM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:01PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-27** 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, Espero, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 176-18).
- **2018-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 176-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** Act 076, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 076, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ab38c23-a86e-4c93-a6e3-9e430ec09190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).