---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MONETARY OBLIGATIONS."
description: "Prohibits the imposition of restrictions on a person's ability to obtain or renew a driver's license or to register, renew the registration of, or transfer or receive title to a motor vehicle, as a consequence of unpaid monetary obligations under certain circumstances. Allows certain individuals to petition the court for a driver's license or motor vehicle clearance. Applies to monetary assessments incurred on or after November 1, 2020. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2750"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2750 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Infractions", "Driver Licensing", "Vehicle Registration", "Stoppers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE", "D. KOBAYASHI", "GATES", "HOLT", "LOWEN", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "Matayoshi", "NISHIMOTO", "ONISHI", "QUINLAN", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "TAKAYAMA", "TARNAS", "TODD", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35f659bf-b145-440c-9e4f-59556f3cf6ad"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2750&year=2020"
source_hash: "c141d0ae3514675f3624476029656034542e1670219b14f45fdca4f3f984a158"
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 HB 2750 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MONETARY OBLIGATIONS.

Prohibits the imposition of restrictions on a person's ability to obtain or renew a driver's license or to register, renew the registration of, or transfer or receive title to a motor vehicle, as a consequence of unpaid monetary obligations under certain circumstances. Allows certain individuals to petition the court for a driver's license or motor vehicle clearance. Applies to monetary assessments incurred on or after November 1, 2020. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2750_.HTM)
2. **HB2750_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2750_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2750_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2750_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2750_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2750_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB2750_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2750_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. LEE — primary (person)
- D. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
- GATES — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- Matayoshi — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to TRN, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 02-05-20 10:15AM in House conference room 423.
- **2020-02-05** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 190-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2020-02-07** 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) McDermott, Yamashita excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Re-referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 02-24-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-02-24** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-25-20 at 2:30pm.
- **2020-02-24** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:30PM in conference room 325.
- **2020-02-25** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, McKelvey, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Nakashima, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, Eli excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 352). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to TRS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 06-24-20 1:30PM in conference room 225.
- **2020-06-24** The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, English. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3696) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2020-06-26** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2020-06-26** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-30-20 9:46AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-06-30** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3763) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2020-07-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 611) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2020-07-08** Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
- **2020-07-10** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
- **2020-07-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2020-09-15** Act 059, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 059, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35f659bf-b145-440c-9e4f-59556f3cf6ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).