HCR 43 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED CAMERAS ALONG MAJOR FREEWAYS AND HIGHWAYS IN PRIMARY AREAS OF SPEEDING, INCLUDING THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE DISTRICT COURTS.

HCR 43 is a concurrent resolution requesting Hawaii's Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Law Enforcement (DOLE) to study two traffic safety measures: establishing a dedicated highway patrol and installing speed cameras on major freeways and highways in areas with frequent speeding. The resolution cites state data showing speeding as a leading cause of traffic fatalities and notes that local agencies often lack resources to address speeding effectively. It asks the departments to analyze the feasibility and potential impact of these measures on traffic safety and district courts, without requiring immediate implementation. This is a procedural request for a study, not a law that would enact speed cameras or patrols.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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HCR43 → HCR43_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a plain text document to a structured template format with metadata fields. The substantive content remains largely the same, requesting a study on highway patrol and speed cameras, but the resolution text was slightly expanded to include an analysis of impacts on district courts.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly expanded to require analysis of impacts on district courts in addition to the original request for studying speed cameras and highway patrol.

TECHNICAL

Changed document format from plain text to structured template with metadata fields including timestamps, version numbers, and language settings.

SCOPE

Added requirement to study the impact of speed cameras and highway patrol on district courts.

REQUIREMENT

Reordered the departments mentioned, now listing Department of Law Enforcement before Department of Transportation in the request.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, referred to JDC.

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Reported from TCA/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1940), with recommendation of referral to JDC.

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-11-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 509).

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with Representative(s) Amato, Iwamoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Souza voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1854), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1669) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors