republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1510.md

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Bill	RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.	Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with any cover or shield installed over the license plate. Amends the penalty for obstruction of a license plate. Allows state or county parking enforcement officers and persons authorized by a state or county law enforcement agency to issue citations for vehicles with a cover or shield obstructing the license plate. Repeals the requirement that a cover or shield be intended to alter or interfere with the visibility, legibility, or identification of a license plate by law enforcement or traffic enforcement systems. Effective 1/1/2027. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1510	Hawaii HB 1510 (2026)	bill	Certificates of Inspection Enforcement License Plates Obstruction	enacted	KILA MATAYOSHI	4	36	5	2026-01-14	2026-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e196dab0-1f25-4f5a-858a-c0f428d1a5ae	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1510&year=2026	106e1e0f9d28c5ef87e8c575797ca1c4c4c2e9a075aac741a593413e3781904a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1510 (2026) — RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.

Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with any cover or shield installed over the license plate. Amends the penalty for obstruction of a license plate. Allows state or county parking enforcement officers and persons authorized by a state or county law enforcement agency to issue citations for vehicles with a cover or shield obstructing the license plate. Repeals the requirement that a cover or shield be intended to alter or interfere with the visibility, legibility, or identification of a license plate by law enforcement or traffic enforcement systems. Effective 1/1/2027. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1510 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1510_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1510_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1510_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 24–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KILA — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-14 Act 012, on 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). became-law
• 2026-05-14 Act 012, 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). 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 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) 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. 814). receipt
• 2026-04-22 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). receipt
• 2026-04-14 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 520) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-10 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-09 One Day Notice 04-10-26.
• 2026-04-09 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3655) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-03-31 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
• 2026-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3111) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-17 The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 The committee(s) on TRS has rescheduled its public hearing to 03-17-26 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-13 The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to TRS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 232). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). 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. 1171-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-03-05 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Kahaloa, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Sayama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-18 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 none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 438-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-12 The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-12-26 8:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-14 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e196dab0-1f25-4f5a-858a-c0f428d1a5ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).