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SB971HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Traffic.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

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)

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Related measures

  • HB886— Same As
  • SB971— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by PSM
  3. SD2by JDC

Companion measures: HB886, SB971. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Transportation and Culture and the Arts (TCA) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  2. Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  3. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    3 aye · 1 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  4. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

    24 aye · 1 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB971
MemberTCA
Introduced		PSM
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023NoNo
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022AyeAyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Mike GabbardSD-021ExcusedAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
13 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTCA
Introduced		PSM
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019Aye
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC.

  4. The committee(s) on TCA/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  7. Reported from TCA/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 385) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

  9. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

  11. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1017) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  12. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  13. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  14. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 232) in amended form (SD 2).

  15. Pass First Reading

  16. Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 19

  17. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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