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Bill RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY. Requires proper head lamp specifications for vehicle safety inspections. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow motor vehicle owners whose motor vehicle registration and safety inspection are both expired to obtain a motor vehicle safety inspection without evidence of a motor vehicle's registration before registering the motor vehicle. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session HB 541 Hawaii HB 541 (2023 Regular Session)
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Certificate of Inspection
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Evidence of Registration
Head Lamps
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COCHRAN
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LAMOSAO
MARTEN
MATAYOSHI
TODD
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Hawaii HB 541 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY.

Requires proper head lamp specifications for vehicle safety inspections. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow motor vehicle owners whose motor vehicle registration and safety inspection are both expired to obtain a motor vehicle safety inspection without evidence of a motor vehicle's registration before registering the motor vehicle. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB541 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB541_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB541_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB541_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB541_SD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • AMATO — primary (person)
  • COCHRAN — primary (person)
  • KILA — primary (person)
  • KITAGAWA — primary (person)
  • LAMOSAO — primary (person)
  • MARTEN — primary (person)
  • MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
  • TODD — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-06-30 Act 144, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). became-law
  • 2023-06-30 Act 144, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). 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; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) 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. 14).
  • 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
  • 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 14) 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) Lee, Keohokalole, 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: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Nakashima, Evslin, Hussey-Burdick, Kila, Matsumoto; 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 11:15AM in conference room 329.
  • 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). receipt
  • 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Awa.
  • 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 830). receipt
  • 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Todd, Nakashima Co-Chairs; Evslin, Hussey-Burdick, Kila, Matsumoto.
  • 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
  • 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 750) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2023-04-06 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
  • 2023-04-06 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1817) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2023-04-06 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-06-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-24 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1403) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
  • 2023-03-21 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, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-17 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).
  • 2023-03-17 The committee(s) on TCA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-21-23 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-03-17 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-03-09 Referred to TCA, CPN. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 57). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-03-02 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 841), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-22 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Onishi. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-02-10 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-10 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 276) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  • 2023-02-02 The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aiu. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-02-23 10:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-01-27 Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 2 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; origin ocd-bill/33697795-7e53-43ab-a048-6424021940b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).