THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2740
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to mopeds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 291C-201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§291C-201[]] Renting or selling mopeds. (a) Every person engaged in the retail business of selling or renting mopeds shall provide the person renting or purchasing a moped with a copy of the rules for mopeds as approved by the director of transportation.

(b) Every person renting a moped to another person shall keep a record for two years of the registration number of the moped so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the moped is rented, the number of the driver's license of the latter person, and the date and place when and where the driver's license was issued. This record shall be open to inspection by any police officer or the examiner of drivers or the examiner of drivers' representative.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, every moped rented to another person shall be an electric moped. As used in this subsection, "electric moped" shall have the same meaning as used in section 196-7.8."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Mopeds; Electric Mopeds; Rentals; Rental Vehicles

Description:

Beginning 1/1/26, requires that every moped rented in the State be an electric moped.

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