republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-1108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FINES."
description: "Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1108"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1108 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Motor Vehicle", "Penalties and Fines"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e08a1c49-8e76-46e0-b8c4-42cf58d7ec78"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1108&year=2023"
source_hash: "e3b6c048e411b6c9f210b59da5132bc02e88fc4ed2aa00d68bd755c40f885fc5"
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 1108 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FINES.

Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1108_.HTM)
2. **HB1108_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1108_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1108_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1108_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-06** Act 241, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1344). `became-law`
- **2023-07-06** Act 241, on 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1344). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-28** Deferred one day 05-02-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 895). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 840) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-11** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1852) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2023-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** 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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1269) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC/WAM.
- **2023-03-14** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Re-Referred to TCA, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 202). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 981), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 329) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-09** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-09-23 10:30AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e08a1c49-8e76-46e0-b8c4-42cf58d7ec78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).