--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING." description: "Meets federal requirements on fraudulent activity relating to commercial learner's permits and commercial driver's licenses. (HD2)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "HB 1109" citation: "Hawaii HB 1109 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Commercial Driver Licensing", "Commercial Driver's Licenses", "Commercial Learner's Permit"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"] version_count: 3 action_count: 29 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-01-23" last_action: "2023-04-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53970577-f2ae-4feb-8d8c-ab4b5bbc9987" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1109&year=2023" source_hash: "d77b0cdf19c84351e6325cd8eeffea1d9425d1fe8002ae0c86a7e7389e999a4b" 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 1109 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. Meets federal requirements on fraudulent activity relating to commercial learner's permits and commercial driver's licenses. (HD2) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1109_.HTM) 2. **HB1109_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1109_HD1_.HTM) 3. **HB1109_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1109_HD2_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - SAIKI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-04-20** Act 025, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). `became-law` - **2023-04-19** Act 025, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). `became-law` - **2023-04-11** Transmitted to Governor. - **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 706). - **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-04-06** One Day Notice 04-11-23. - **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1806) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. - **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-31-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-24** Reported from TCA/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1399) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. - **2023-03-21** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-21** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on TCA/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. - **2023-03-10** Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 403). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23. - **2023-03-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1057) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2023-03-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-14** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 328) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - **2023-02-09** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Aiu, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-09-23 10:30AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-01-30** Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee` - **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-01-23** Pending introduction. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53970577-f2ae-4feb-8d8c-ab4b5bbc9987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).