republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1696.md

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Bill	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.	Lowers the age of who may drive commercially within the State from nineteen to eighteen. Repeals the requirement that a person only operates category 3 vehicles to qualify to drive commercially in the State. Prohibits a person under twenty-one years of age from operating a commercial motor vehicle outside of a registered apprenticeship program as determined by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations or a structured, on-the-job training program administered by the person's employer that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its rules to lower the minimum age required for a commercial driver's license. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1696	Hawaii HB 1696 (2026)	bill	Commercial Driver's Licenses DLIR DOT Minimum Age	enacted	KILA MIYAKE POEPOE TAKENOUCHI	5	47	8	2026-01-20	2026-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/cbbedc79-b06c-4f8c-9db0-cb54d20a4c52	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1696&year=2026	3ecd1fe1bb0dee8965357369c0e1c7952086dedd8b6d398a17e2ca6b0811c629	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1696 (2026) — RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

Lowers the age of who may drive commercially within the State from nineteen to eighteen. Repeals the requirement that a person only operates category 3 vehicles to qualify to drive commercially in the State. Prohibits a person under twenty-one years of age from operating a commercial motor vehicle outside of a registered apprenticeship program as determined by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations or a structured, on-the-job training program administered by the person's employer that meets certain requirements. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its rules to lower the minimum age required for a commercial driver's license. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1696 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1696_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1696_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1696_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1696_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• 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 Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KILA — primary (person)
• MIYAKE — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
• Muraoka — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-21 Act 022, on 05/21/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122). became-law
• 2026-05-21 Act 022, 05/21/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122). became-law
• 2026-04-30 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-01 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882). receipt
• 2026-04-30 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803). receipt
• 2026-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2026-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26
• 2026-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 9-26).
• 2026-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.
• 2026-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 9-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-24 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, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-24 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.
• 2026-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 9:30AM; CR 329.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 719). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; DeCorte.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2026-04-20 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. 604) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). 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. 3792) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2026-04-09 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 04-09-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. deferral
• 2026-03-25 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:30AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3106) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-17 The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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. 267). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). 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. 1172-26) 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, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 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.
• 2026-02-20 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 Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 653-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-19 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; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM 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/cbbedc79-b06c-4f8c-9db0-cb54d20a4c52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).