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Bill	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.	Prohibits certain oversized commercial vehicles from driving in the far left lane on roadways with three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, subject to certain exceptions. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 497	Hawaii SB 497 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Left Lane Oversized Commercial Vehicles Prohibition	enacted	ELEFANTE LEE	4	41	5	2023-01-20	2023-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d00ed60a-e6e8-427f-bfa9-c5094fb3f2dc	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=497&year=2023	4690ce68e851037991564ede6348fb7c7147817aa13f8f8b57668242c0fbd572	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 497 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

Prohibits certain oversized commercial vehicles from driving in the far left lane on roadways with three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, subject to certain exceptions. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB497 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB497_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB497_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB497_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• ELEFANTE — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• Inouye — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-06 Act 238, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1341). became-law
• 2023-07-06 Act 238, on 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1341). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 19) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 19).
• 2023-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 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, Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 2:45PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Elefante.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 838). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza.
• 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. 546). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Nishimoto excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-30 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4).
• 2023-03-30 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1786) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for 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.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 191) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 18; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 6 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Inouye, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 One Day Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 851) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-02 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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
• 2023-02-28 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-02-23 9:50AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-09 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 138) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2023-01-31 The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Elefante, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Inouye, Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-27 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to TCA, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-01-20 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d00ed60a-e6e8-427f-bfa9-c5094fb3f2dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).