Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 537
RELATING TO TWO-WHEELED MOTORIZED VEHICLES.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- OLDS (Democratic)
- EVSLIN (Democratic)
- GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
- IWAMOTO (Democratic)
- KUSCH (Democratic)
- LA CHICA (Democratic)
- MARTEN (Democratic)
- PERRUSO (Democratic)
- SOUZA (Republican)
- TAM (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Repeals the exception for when a person is not required to wear a safety helmet when operating a moped or motor scooter leased from a rental company. Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles to wear safety helmets with securely fastened chin straps while operating two-wheeled motorized vehicles on highways, streets, roadways, or any other public property in the State. Requires all renters or lessees of an electric foot scooter to wear a safety helmet regardless of their age. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:06 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2025 House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 17, 2025 · House
Pending introduction. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 2 - Feb 7, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 11, 2025 · House
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. - Feb 12, 2025 · House
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 508) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - Feb 12, 2025 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). - Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.