HB 1286 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

Summary

Prohibits pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, an auxiliary interstate highway, or certain state highways except while conducting authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB1286 → HB1286_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change its effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, and updated the title to include 'Prohibition' for clarity. The text was also reformatted to remove bracketed deletions and ensure consistent punctuation in the pedestrian safety rules.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on pedestrian safety on specific highways, but the effective date is now set to a distant future date (July 1, 3000).

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', delaying the law's implementation indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to explicitly include 'Prohibition' to better reflect the content.

Text formatting was cleaned up by removing bracketed strike-throughs and adjusting punctuation for consistency.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 552) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Evslin; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors