---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CROSSWALK SAFETY."
description: "Clarifies the requirement that a driver of a motor vehicle yield to or stop for a pedestrian by specifying when a pedestrian is considered to be within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk or crossing the roadway within a crosswalk. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Hawaii SB 98 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crosswalk Safety", "Pedestrians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. RHOADS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45df5968-6263-4ca7-be6e-30c256fcbf23"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=98&year=2019"
source_hash: "3e8feff47ebe52470dd027b444b14bdc69a539f4797c0f214f43f8e9639c4a6a"
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 98 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CROSSWALK SAFETY.

Clarifies the requirement that a driver of a motor vehicle yield to or stop for a pedestrian by specifying when a pedestrian is considered to be within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk or crossing the roadway within a crosswalk. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB98_.HTM)
2. **SB98_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB98_CD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. RHOADS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to TRS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Harimoto, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 324) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2019-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 806) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** One Day Notice 03-01-19.
- **2019-03-01** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 16). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Friday, 03-15-19 10:30AM in House conference room 423.
- **2019-03-15** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, Woodson, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1395) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-25-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-27-19 2:00PM.
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-03-27** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1923), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Saiki, Todd excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 522). `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Deferred One Day 04-03-19.
- **2019-04-03** Deferred One Day 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Aquino, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Hashimoto, McDermott.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Shimabukuro, Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 10:25AM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-25** 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) Inouye, K. Rhoads, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, C. Lee, Hashimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 62).
- **2019-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 62) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Act 132, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Act 132, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45df5968-6263-4ca7-be6e-30c256fcbf23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).