---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION."
description: "Permits a shipping container chassis that holds a valid out-of-state certificate of vehicle registration to obtain a certificate of safety inspection. Makes an out-of-state registration for a shipping container chassis valid in the State until its expiration in the other state or for one year after a vehicle safety inspection. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1578 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Carrier Vehicle", "Out-of-State Registration", "Safety Inspection", "Shipping Container Chassis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AIU", "CHUN", "EVSLIN", "GARRETT", "KILA", "LAMOSAO", "MIYAKE", "TAKENOUCHI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e7bb30-7b72-4fa5-8907-82187d22e5ec"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1578&year=2024"
source_hash: "9fe790996025c78f14c45016c078f16ce68a93cc25b32e51201051907625ee81"
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 1578 (2024) — RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Permits a shipping container chassis that holds a valid out-of-state certificate of vehicle registration to obtain a certificate of safety inspection. Makes an out-of-state registration for a shipping container chassis valid in the State until its expiration in the other state or for one year after a vehicle safety inspection. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1578_.HTM)
2. **HB1578_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1578_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1578_HD1_PROPOSED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1578_HD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
4. **HB1578_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1578_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB1578_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1578_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AIU — primary (person)
- CHUN — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-24** Act 061, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). `became-law`
- **2024-06-24** Act 061, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). `became-law`
- **2024-04-22** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-23** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 802). `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Kong, Nakashima excused (3). `passage`
- **2024-04-22** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 781). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 499) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3686) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-04-02** 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, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3229) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2024-03-19** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** The committee on TCA will reconsider its previous decision made on 03-12-24 and will hold a public decision making on 03-19-24 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-24 3:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 13). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 02-29-24.
- **2024-02-21** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 630-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-13** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Onishi, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Lowen, Pierick. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-13-24 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-06** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela, Nakashima, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 67-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2024-02-01** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Aiu, Evslin, Miyake, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-01-24 10:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Prefiled.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e7bb30-7b72-4fa5-8907-82187d22e5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).