HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
229
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part X to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"[Underlined: §291C- ] [Underlined: Speed limits for certain vehicles.] [Underlined: (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall drive a motor vehicle with three or more axles or a motor vehicle weighing more than ten thousand pounds, except for school or public buses, at a speed exceeding:]
[Underlined: (1)] [Underlined: Fifty miles per hour or more irrespective of the applicable state or county speed limit; or]
[Underlined: (2)] [Underlined: Five miles per hour less than the applicable state or county speed limit.]
[Underlined: (b) For the purposes of this section "motor vehicle with three or more axles" means a vehicle with a Federal Highway Administration vehicle category classification of six or higher.]"[Underlined: ]
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
DOT; Traffic Code; Speed Restrictions; Motor Vehicles
Description:
Establishes a statewide speed restriction for motor vehicles with three or more axles or motor vehicles weighing more than ten thousand pounds.
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