SCR-235: Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Establish, In Collaboration With The City And County Of Honolulu, Fair Policies And Processes For Towing And Disposing Of Vehicles That Belong To Active Duty Servicemembers And That Are Abandoned On State Or City Property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Psm/eig. on 03/12/2025
You have voted SCR-235: Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Establish, In Collaboration With The City And County Of Honolulu, Fair Policies And Processes For Towing And Disposing Of Vehicles That Belong To Active Duty Servicemembers And That Are Abandoned On State Or City Property..
SR-211: Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Establish, In Collaboration With The City And County Of Honolulu, Fair Policies And Processes For Towing And Disposing Of Vehicles That Belong To Active Duty Servicemembers And That Are Abandoned On State Or City Property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Psm/eig. on 03/12/2025
You have voted SR-211: Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Establish, In Collaboration With The City And County Of Honolulu, Fair Policies And Processes For Towing And Disposing Of Vehicles That Belong To Active Duty Servicemembers And That Are Abandoned On State Or City Property..
Commercial Law - Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots - Statutory Liens and Administrative Hearings [HB-1405]
Establishing that a certain person has a lien on a motor vehicle towed or removed from a privately owned parking lot for certain charges under certain circumstances; establishing the circumstances in which the lien is extinguished or suspended; establishing that an authorized tow company has a lien or security interest in a vehicle when the authorized tow company incurs certain charges related to a certain police-initiated towing; etc.
HB-1405: Commercial Law - Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots - Statutory Liens and Administrative Hearings
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
Vehicle Equipment - Portable Variable Messaging Signs - Authorization [HB-1375]
Authorizing a tow truck to display a portable variable messaging sign mounted on the tow truck while at the scene of a crash or a disabled vehicle; and requiring the portable variable messaging sign to conform to the standards established in the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration and display only messages approved by the Administration.
Post-Towing Procedure Workgroup - Establishment [SB-883]
Establishing the Post-Towing Procedure Workgroup to identify and examine issues relating to the establishment of statutory liens on motor vehicles that are towed or removed from privately owned parking lots under certain circumstances; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Transportation Access and Revenue Act [HB-846]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.
HB-846: Transportation Access and Revenue Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/04/2025
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [SB-484]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
SB-484: Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
Relating To Traffic. [HB-886]
Provides that if a law enforcement officer lawfully stops a motor vehicle and the operator is cited for driving without a valid license, the officer shall not permit the operator to resume the use of the motor vehicle. Requires the motor vehicle to be moved by a licensed driver or towed at the owner's expense. Provides that the cited operator is responsible for arranging the operator's transportation from the scene of the stop.
HB-886: Relating To Traffic.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [HB-487]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
HB-487: Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Relating To Traffic. [SB-971]
Provides that if a law enforcement officer lawfully stops a motor vehicle and the operator is cited for driving without a valid license, the officer shall not permit the operator to resume the use of the motor vehicle. Requires the motor vehicle to be moved by a licensed driver or towed at the owner's expense. Provides that the cited operator is responsible for arranging the operator's transportation from the scene of the stop. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
SB-971: Relating To Traffic.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Pass First Reading on 03/06/2025
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-616]
Requires the immediate towing of any parked motor vehicle that is not properly registered, does not display a valid safety inspection sticker, or is parked in violation of any state traffic law.
SB-616: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella
Referred To Tca, Jdc. on 01/23/2025
Relating To Transportation. [HB-229]
Restricts motor vehicles that tow a motor vehicle or trailer from the far left lane on roads with three or more lanes going in the same direction with exemptions. Specifies penalties for restricted motor vehicles who drive in the far left lane on roads with three or more lanes moving in the same direction. Applies restrictions and penalties to a county with a population of 500,000 or more. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
HB-229: Relating To Transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cory Chun
Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referred To Jdc. on 03/21/2025
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner [HB-191]
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
HB-191: Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/14/2025
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner [SB-40]
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
SB-40: Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025