STATE BILLHI HB 1163PASSED

Relating To Commercial Drivers Licensing.

Amends requirements to commercial driver's license qualification standards to meet current federal regulations to allow the State to issue a non-domiciled commercial learner's permit and nondomiciled commercial driver's license for applicants who are unable to provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency. (CD1)

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: May 19, 2026; 177 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

HI HB 1163 · PassedMay 19

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Bill details

Last action: Act 019, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). · May 19, 2026

Sponsor

NNNadine NakamuraRepresentative · Democrat · HD-015Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

May 19, 2026Act 019, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).House

May 19, 2026Act 019, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).Senate

May 1, 2026Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882).Senate

Apr 30, 2026Transmitted to Governor.House

Apr 30, 2026Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803).House

Apr 30, 2026Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).Senate

Apr 30, 2026Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).House

Apr 28, 202648 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26Senate

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Apr 28, 2026Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3-26).Senate

Apr 28, 2026Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.House

Apr 28, 2026Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3-26) as amended in (CD 1).House

Apr 27, 2026The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte.Senate

Apr 27, 2026The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Takenouchi, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.House

Apr 24, 2026Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 329.Senate

Apr 23, 2026Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).House

Apr 22, 2026Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Chang Co-Chair; DeCorte.Senate

Apr 20, 2026Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).Senate

Apr 20, 2026House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Muraoka.House

Apr 17, 2026Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).Senate

Apr 16, 2026House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).House

Apr 14, 2026Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 571) in amended form (SD 2).House

Apr 14, 2026Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Senate

Apr 9, 202648 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.Senate

Apr 9, 2026Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3690) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).Senate

Mar 31, 2026The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Senate

Mar 25, 2026The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 24, 2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.Senate

Mar 24, 2026Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3141) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.Senate

Mar 19, 2026The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte.Senate

Mar 16, 2026The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 10, 2026Referred to TRS, JDC.Senate

Mar 10, 2026Passed First Reading.Senate

Mar 10, 2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 132).Senate

Mar 6, 2026Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.House

Mar 6, 2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1005-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Mar 4, 2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.House

Mar 2, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Dec 8, 2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Feb 14, 2025Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).House

Feb 14, 2025Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 702) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.House

Feb 13, 2025The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa.House

Feb 11, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 23, 2025Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3House

Jan 23, 2025Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 21, 2025Pending introduction.House

Recorded votes

Senate Transportation: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 19, 2026 · Senate · 3 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Judiciary: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 31, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Conference: Passed, With AmendmentsApr 27, 2026 · Senate · 2 yea · 0 nayPassed

House Conference: Passed, With AmendmentsApr 27, 2026 · House · 3 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver's Licenses and Non-Domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits

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