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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES."
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description: "Makes it discretionary for authorized emergency vehicles to use sirens when responding to an emergency or in other specified situations if the siren is not reasonably necessary under the circumstances. (SD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2023 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 346"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 346 (2023 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency Vehicles", "Siren Use"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["RHOADS"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60457a4a-0806-46f2-aab5-a572f95e241b"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=346&year=2023"
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source_hash: "e907559abc440a3327566caa9d606180de5f70d420d133accd40c4be1f3d1a89"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 346 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
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Makes it discretionary for authorized emergency vehicles to use sirens when responding to an emergency or in other specified situations if the siren is not reasonably necessary under the circumstances. (SD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB346_.HTM)
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2. **SB346_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB346_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- RHOADS — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-20** Act 016, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-19** Act 016, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). `became-law`
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- **2023-03-31** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-31** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 479). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-03-30** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1790), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2023-03-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-24-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-03-21** Passed Second Reading 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`
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- **2023-03-21** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1362), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
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- **2023-03-17** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-17-23 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to HLT, JHA , referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 140) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23.
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- **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 729) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2023-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-02-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-06** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 27) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
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- **2023-01-31** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-27** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-01-27** Re-Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to PSM/TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-19** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60457a4a-0806-46f2-aab5-a572f95e241b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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