---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSING."
description: "Amends requirements to commercial driver's license qualification standards to meet current federal regulations to allow the State to issue a non-domiciled commercial learner's permit and non‑domiciled commercial driver's license for applicants who are unable to provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1163 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation", "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration", "Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver's Licenses and Non-Domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e1e972e-6973-4ff3-ad4e-e23235ec713a"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1163&year=2026"
source_hash: "e20499b28f434a1e2df889fdcb08186eeb0b235a6d0ad391f763b911f92d39ff"
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 1163 (2026) — RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSING.

Amends requirements to commercial driver's license qualification standards to meet current federal regulations to allow the State to issue a non-domiciled commercial learner's permit and non‑domiciled commercial driver's license for applicants who are unable to provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1163_.HTM)
2. **HB1163_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1163_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1163_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1163_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1163_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1163_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB1163_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1163_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-19** Act 019, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
- **2026-05-19** Act 019, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
- **2026-04-30** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-05-01** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882). `receipt`
- **2026-04-30** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803). `receipt`
- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26
- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3-26).
- **2026-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.
- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-27** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Takenouchi, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 329.
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Chang Co-Chair; DeCorte.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Muraoka.
- **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. 571) 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`
- **2026-04-09** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-09** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3690) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2026-03-31** 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3141) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-19** The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-10** Referred to TRS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 132). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1005-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-03-04** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-12-08** Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. `carried-over`
- **2025-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 702) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-02-13** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e1e972e-6973-4ff3-ad4e-e23235ec713a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).