HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1882
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to motor vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (b) to read:

"(b) All other vehicles, including [motorcycles,] mopeds, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, and antique motor vehicles as defined in section 249-1, except those in subsections (c) and (d), shall be certified as provided in subsection (e) every twelve months; provided that any vehicle to which this subsection applies, except a moped, shall not require inspection within two years of the date on which the vehicle was first sold."

2. By amending subsection (h) to read:

"(h) This section shall not apply to:

(1) Any motor vehicle that is covered by part XI, governing safety of motor carrier vehicle operation and equipment; provided that the rules adopted pursuant to part IA impose standards of inspection at least as strict as those imposed under subsection (g) and that certification is required at least as often as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d);

(2) Aircraft servicing vehicles that are being used exclusively on lands set aside to the department of transportation for airport purposes; [and]

(3) Motorcycles and passenger cars; and

[(3)] (4) Tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks being used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between terminals at:

(A) Sand Island and along Sand Island Parkway and Sand Island Access Road;

(B) Kalanianaole Avenue between Kuhio Street and Kahanu Street, abutting Hilo Harbor;

(C) Kawaihae-Mahukona Road abutting Kawaihae Harbor;

(D) East Kaahumanu Avenue between Hobron Avenue and Kane Street, abutting Kahului Harbor; and

(E) Waipaa Road abutting Nawiliwili Harbor."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Inspection; Motorcycles; Passenger Cars; Exemption

Description:

Exempts motorcycles and passenger cars from safety inspections.

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