---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS."
description: "Exempts community-based organizations engaged in community-based economic development providing transportation services from the Motor Carrier Law under certain circumstances. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1422"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1422 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community-Based Economic Development", "Community-Based Organizations", "Exemptions", "Motor Carrier Law", "Motor Carriers", "Transportation Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EVSLIN", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0798b993-82f4-471d-aac9-8ada655b79fb"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1422&year=2025"
source_hash: "8160b8b4c3a2d71d37da0f6c54bd8e49772146a106cbb5a44d63e5ba3391a504"
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 1422 (2025) — RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.

Exempts community-based organizations engaged in community-based economic development providing transportation services from the Motor Carrier Law under certain circumstances. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1422** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1422_.HTM)
2. **HB1422_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1422_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1422_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1422_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1422_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1422_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB1422_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1422_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Act 257, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1360). `became-law`
- **2025-07-01** Act 257, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1360). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 80).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 80) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Chun, Grandinetti; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Pierick.
- **2025-04-23** 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, C., Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 329.
- **2025-04-17** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 9:00AM in conference room 329.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Kanuha, DeCorte.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Chun Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Quinlan, Pierick.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 767) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-08** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** One Day Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1726) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1301) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
- **2025-03-11** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to TCA, CPN. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 371). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1043) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-20** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Lowen, Pierick. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-11** 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) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 373) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2025-02-04** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-04-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-27** Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0798b993-82f4-471d-aac9-8ada655b79fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).