--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT." description: "Establishes the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle. Makes clarifying and conforming amendments to the offense of interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle. (CD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 214" citation: "Hawaii SB 214 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["City and County of Honolulu Package", "Interference", "Offense", "Penal Code", "Public Transit"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"] version_count: 4 action_count: 42 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-01-19" last_action: "2023-07-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d86360-1a90-4723-a393-fb888a66154e" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=214&year=2023" source_hash: "3d6dd74ba196be3686a7223dbca79ca3bde610b43d56517f0d61edfa4a4d3ed0" 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 214 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. Establishes the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle. Makes clarifying and conforming amendments to the offense of interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle. (CD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB214** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB214_.HTM) 2. **SB214_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB214_CD1_.HTM) 3. **SB214_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB214_HD1_.HTM) 4. **SB214_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB214_SD1_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–1** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - 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. — **4–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - KOUCHI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-07-05** Act 191, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `became-law` - **2023-07-05** Act 191, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `became-law` - **2023-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). `receipt` - **2023-05-02** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). `receipt` - **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage` - **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage` - **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23. - **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 20) as amended in (CD 1). - **2023-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23. - **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 20). - **2023-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kong, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. - **2023-04-26** 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) Lee, Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 2:45PM; Conference Room 325. - **2023-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). `receipt` - **2023-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Elefante. - **2023-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). `receipt` - **2023-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Kong, Takayama, Souza. - **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt` - **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure` - **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 537). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-03-31** Deferred one day 04-03-23. `deferral` - **2023-03-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). - **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1628) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-03-22** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ganaden; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Mizuno. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 106) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23. - **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 731) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. - **2023-02-23** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-23-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-14** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 233) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. - **2023-02-09** 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, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-06** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. - **2023-01-23** Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-01-19** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-01-19** Introduced. `introduction` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d86360-1a90-4723-a393-fb888a66154e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).