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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES."
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1696 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Driver's Licenses", "DLIR", "DOT", "Minimum Age"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KILA", "MIYAKE", "POEPOE", "TAKENOUCHI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbbedc79-b06c-4f8c-9db0-cb54d20a4c52"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1696&year=2026"
source_hash: "3ecd1fe1bb0dee8965357369c0e1c7952086dedd8b6d398a17e2ca6b0811c629"
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 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](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1696_.HTM)
2. **HB1696_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1696_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1696_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1696_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1696_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1696_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB1696_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1696_SD1_.HTM)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbbedc79-b06c-4f8c-9db0-cb54d20a4c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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