---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE."
description: "Requires and appropriates funds from the State Highway Fund for the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with counties having a population greater than 500,000, to develop and implement a pilot program to use noise detection traffic cameras to address excessive traffic noise in urban areas in each participating county. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 588"
citation: "Hawaii SB 588 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation ($)", "DOT", "Excessive Noise", "Noise Detection Cameras", "Pilot Program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "KIM", "MORIWAKI", "RHOADS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8008b9a-db24-45c8-a0a3-f2671794dc5c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=588&year=2023"
source_hash: "c0572c5c20bcc56c56ab3ce42684a0fde41cf8f851de5164e0368309fa70b70c"
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 588 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE.

Requires and appropriates funds from the State Highway Fund for the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with counties having a population greater than 500,000, to develop and implement a pilot program to use noise detection traffic cameras to address excessive traffic noise in urban areas in each participating county. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB588_.HTM)
2. **SB588_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB588_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB588_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB588_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB588_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB588_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB588_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB588_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- KIM — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
- McKelvey — cosponsor (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07** Act 063, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `became-law`
- **2023-06-07** Act 063, on 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `became-law`
- **2023-05-05** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Kila, Poepoe voting no (4) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Keohokalole). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred One Day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred one day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 151) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 151).
- **2023-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Chun, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aiu.
- **2023-04-28** 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, Kim, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-23 5:00PM; Conference Room 224.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Todd, Chun Co-Chairs; Aiu, Matsumoto.
- **2023-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 915). `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Moriwaki.
- **2023-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882). `receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 686). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kila, Lamosao, Poepoe voting no (4) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2078), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-31** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kila, Lamosao; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-23** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kila voting no (1) and Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1464) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-03-21** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Aiu, Evslin, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kila; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-21-23 10:30AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to TRN, FIN , referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 205) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Kim. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 940) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 25) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2023-01-31** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to TCA, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8008b9a-db24-45c8-a0a3-f2671794dc5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).