republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-2435.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS."
description: "Amends the definition of \"rates\" in Hawaii's Motor Carrier Law to clarify that, for packages that include other, non-transportation services, \"rates\" only refers to charges for the provision of transportation by motor vehicle of passengers. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2435"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2435 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Carrier Law", "Rates", "Definition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f8a77a5-682e-442d-a8dc-158a0ba94b35"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2435&year=2018"
source_hash: "c24b06438bc62c52f07d34c819d64da75e1d7082c197fc172dd4675eb0e80b72"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 2435 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.

Amends the definition of "rates" in Hawaii's Motor Carrier Law to clarify that, for packages that include other, non-transportation services, "rates" only refers to charges for the provision of transportation by motor vehicle of passengers. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2435** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2435_.HTM)
2. **HB2435_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2435_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2435_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2435_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **2–0** (fail) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Resolution scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 02-14-18 10:30AM in conference room 423.
- **2018-02-14** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Quinlan, Brower, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 669-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2018-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-21** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1009-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 227). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to TRE, CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-18 1:15PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-03-14** The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Espero, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from TRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3146) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
- **2018-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
- **2018-04-02** The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 04-06-18 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-06** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Espero, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, S. Chang, Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3596) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2018-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 732) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Aquino, Takumi Co-Chairs; McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-23** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Baker, Espero Co-Chairs.
- **2018-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 827).
- **2018-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-18 3:00PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-25** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2018-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-18.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 695).
- **2018-05-01** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Onishi, Takumi excused (2).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 703).
- **2018-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-07-11** Act 189, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-11** Act 189, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f8a77a5-682e-442d-a8dc-158a0ba94b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).