republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1692.md

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Bill	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.	Part I: Requires drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning signals to slow down to a reasonable and prudent speed and make a lane change if possible and safe to do so or come to a complete stop if necessary. Part II: Provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions related to the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle. Increases the minimum age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while in operation from twelve years of age to sixteen years of age. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1692	Hawaii HB 1692 (2026)	bill	Duty of Approaching Vehicle Passenger Restrictions Pickup Trucks Stationary Vehicles Traffic Safety Traffic Violations	enacted	AMATO ILAGAN KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY KILA KUSCH LOWEN MARTEN MIYAKE OLDS TAM TARNAS	6	46	8	2026-01-20	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f121eece-e5c3-4ba0-ab5c-e85676fc6424	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1692&year=2026	a190d164526b8489d4818dc717f6691188cac70ef5c65dd4784adb4ec03b477f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1692 (2026) — RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Part I: Requires drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning signals to slow down to a reasonable and prudent speed and make a lane change if possible and safe to do so or come to a complete stop if necessary. Part II: Provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions related to the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle. Increases the minimum age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while in operation from twelve years of age to sixteen years of age. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1692 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1692_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1692_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1692_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1692_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1692_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
• The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KUSCH — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MIYAKE — primary (person)
• OLDS — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-05 Act 095, on 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). became-law
• 2026-06-05 Act 095, 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto voting no (2) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 55-26).
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 55-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-29 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Tarnas, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-29 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) Inouye, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 329.
• 2026-04-27 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 778). receipt
• 2026-04-27 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha.
• 2026-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 820). receipt
• 2026-04-23 House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas 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. 603) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2026-04-14 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3743) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2026-04-07 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, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3277) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-24 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
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-18 Re-Referred to TRS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Referred to TRS/PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 265). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none 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. 1173-26) 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, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; 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. 440-26) 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, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 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
• 2026-01-20 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f121eece-e5c3-4ba0-ab5c-e85676fc6424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).