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HB1270
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
1270
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING
TO ACCESSIBILITY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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The legislature finds that parking is
too limited for disabled people and kupuna.
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High tourism, a primary economic driver, also reduces the ability for
disabled people and kupuna to find parking.
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According to the Hawaii disability and communication access board,
approximately eight per cent of Hawaii's population has a mobility disability
significant enough to qualify for a disability parking permit.
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Being unable to park limits public
interactions making disabled and elderly neighbors less integrated in the
community.
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Disabled people who are
forced to park further away from a business are not able to easily access
facilities, and therefore have an increased risk of falling which is the
leading cause of death from injury among adults aged sixty-five and older.
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The
legislature further finds that our community must strive to uphold access for
disabled and elderly persons, especially as our islands have high traffic and
tourism, making parking notoriously lacking for all.
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The
purpose of this Act is to increase the number of federally mandated disability
parking spots by a minimum of one or fifty per cent, whichever is greater, in
all public lots, including business lots, with more than twenty-five parking
stalls.
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This Act is crafted so as not to
burden small businesses with under twenty-five spots, which may lack the
ability to expand disabled stalls in their lots.
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Section 291-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
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Requirement to provide parking for persons
with disabilities; penalty.
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(a)
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Beginning July 1, 2002, any public or private
entity that provides a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities
shall comply with this part and any administrative rules adopted under this
part.
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(b)
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Beginning July 1, 2026, any public or private entity that operates a
public lot, including a business lot, that provides more than twenty-five
parking spaces shall increase the number of federally mandated parking spaces
reserved for persons with disabilities by a minimum of one or fifty per cent,
whichever is greater.
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(c)
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A private entity that fails to comply with this section shall be fined [
not
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no
less than $250 nor more than $500 for each separate offense.
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Each day of violation shall constitute a
separate offense.
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Any action taken to
impose or collect any penalty provided for in this section shall be considered
a civil action.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.
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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Parking;
Persons with Disabilities
Description:
Beginning
7/1/26, requires any public or private entity that operates a public lot,
including a business lot, that provides more than 25 parking spaces to increase
the number of federally mandated parking spaces reserved for persons with
disabilities by a minimum of one or fifty per cent, whichever is greater.
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