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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES."
description: "Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with any cover or shield installed over the license plate. Amends the penalty for obstruction of a license plate. Allows state or county parking enforcement officers and persons authorized by a state or county law enforcement agency to issue citations for vehicles with a cover or shield obstructing the license plate. Repeals the requirement that a cover or shield be intended to alter or interfere with the visibility, legibility, or identification of a license plate by law enforcement or traffic enforcement systems. Effective 1/1/2027. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1510"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1510 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificates of Inspection", "Enforcement", "License Plates", "Obstruction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KILA", "MATAYOSHI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e196dab0-1f25-4f5a-858a-c0f428d1a5ae"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1510&year=2026"
source_hash: "106e1e0f9d28c5ef87e8c575797ca1c4c4c2e9a075aac741a593413e3781904a"
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 1510 (2026) — RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.
Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with any cover or shield installed over the license plate. Amends the penalty for obstruction of a license plate. Allows state or county parking enforcement officers and persons authorized by a state or county law enforcement agency to issue citations for vehicles with a cover or shield obstructing the license plate. Repeals the requirement that a cover or shield be intended to alter or interfere with the visibility, legibility, or identification of a license plate by law enforcement or traffic enforcement systems. Effective 1/1/2027. (SD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB1510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1510_.HTM)
2. **HB1510_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1510_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1510_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1510_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB1510_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1510_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **24–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- KILA — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-14** Act 012, on 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `became-law`
- **2026-05-14** Act 012, 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `became-law`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 814). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-16** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). `receipt`
- **2026-04-14** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 520) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-10** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-09** One Day Notice 04-10-26.
- **2026-04-09** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3655) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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`
- **2026-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3111) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-17** 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`
- **2026-03-13** 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. 232). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia 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. 1171-26) 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, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; 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. 438-26) 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, Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 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`
- **2026-01-14** Prefiled.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e196dab0-1f25-4f5a-858a-c0f428d1a5ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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