---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS."
description: "Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to issue a disability travel placard to an applicant who has a valid removeable windshield placard or disabled paid parking exemption permit but does not have a valid special license plate, and provides proof of travel. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Hawaii HB 469 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCAB", "Disability Travel Placard", "Disabled Persons Parking"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "GRANDINETTI", "IWAMOTO", "KAHALOA", "LA CHICA", "MARTEN", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "PERRUSO", "PIERICK", "POEPOE", "TODD"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef85a4a-edae-40b1-8e6f-3b5959cd8eb1"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=469&year=2026"
source_hash: "8dfdf1d2729a5453078caae26099324627380be528c3cb3b87242c9034572e57"
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 469 (2026) — RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to issue a disability travel placard to an applicant who has a valid removeable windshield placard or disabled paid parking exemption permit but does not have a valid special license plate, and provides proof of travel. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB469_.HTM)
2. **HB469_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB469_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB469_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB469_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB469_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB469_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB469_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB469_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- LA CHICA — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- PIERICK — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-28** Act 054, on 05/28/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). `became-law`
- **2026-05-28** Act 054, 05/28/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). `became-law`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 568) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3765) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2026-04-01** 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) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-30** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3326) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-25** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:40PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 228). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1151-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-25** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-11** 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) Holt excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 162-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-01-30** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 01-30-26 10:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-12-08** Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. `carried-over`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef85a4a-edae-40b1-8e6f-3b5959cd8eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).