republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-1173.md

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Bill	RELATING TO VEHICLES.	Prohibits a person from causing a diesel- or gas-powered vehicle to discharge clearly visible smoke, soot, or other exhaust emissions onto another person or motor vehicle. Establishes a minimum $500 fine for violators. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 1173	Hawaii SB 1173 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Exhaust Emissions Penalty Vehicles	enacted	CHANG LEE MCKELVEY MORIWAKI RHOADS	4	35	4	2023-01-20	2023-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ee1c1496-477a-4cbf-90e7-cf750f9e894a	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1173&year=2023	224c02f7cccb709ae648c829f72a8b4073045c448dc18ddf1c2ee168c4cb4e02	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1173 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO VEHICLES.

Prohibits a person from causing a diesel- or gas-powered vehicle to discharge clearly visible smoke, soot, or other exhaust emissions onto another person or motor vehicle. Establishes a minimum $500 fine for violators. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB1173 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1173_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1173_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1173_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• MORIWAKI — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• Elefante — cosponsor (person)
• San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)
• Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-05 Act 223, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). became-law
• 2023-07-05 Act 223, on 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). became-law
• 2023-04-18 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 902). receipt
• 2023-04-18 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. passage
• 2023-04-17 One Day Notice 04-18-23.
• 2023-04-17 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-23.
• 2023-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2023-04-04 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). receipt
• 2023-04-04 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 564). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-03 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-30 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 04-03-23.
• 2023-03-30 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1791) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-24 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Kong. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-24-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1348) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2023-03-16 The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Aiu, Evslin, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 03-16-23 10:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 378) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Keohokalole, McKelvey, San Buenaventura. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Richards). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 859) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-03-01 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, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-24 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 243) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2023-02-02 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, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-30 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-27 Referred to TCA, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee1c1496-477a-4cbf-90e7-cf750f9e894a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).