---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES."
description: "Subjects organizations that receive motor vehicles as charitable donations to the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of transferees of the motor vehicle title or interest. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "Hawaii HB 494 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Donations", "Motor Vehicles", "Transfer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "COCHRAN", "GARRETT", "HASHIMOTO", "HOLT", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "LAMOSAO", "MARTEN", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c7e7a3d-d581-4749-9d58-95af0c7231b4"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=494&year=2023"
source_hash: "31d0eb34951f175587526fa4516343198bd1af005b6dccecba3231e9f8dde624"
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 494 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Subjects organizations that receive motor vehicles as charitable donations to the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of transferees of the motor vehicle title or interest. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB494_.HTM)
2. **HB494_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB494_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB494_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB494_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB494_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB494_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 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
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05** Act 060, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). `became-law`
- **2023-06-05** Act 060, on 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **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** 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. 9).
- **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 9) as amended in (CD 1).
- **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) Rhoads, Gabbard, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Lamosao, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2023-04-25** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 3:02PM in conference room 325.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). `receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
- **2023-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Lamosao, Takayama, Souza.
- **2023-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 666). `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 663) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-05** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-23.
- **2023-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1511) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-21** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
- **2023-03-17** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 297). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** 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).
- **2023-03-02** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 824) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-28** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-28-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c7e7a3d-d581-4749-9d58-95af0c7231b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).