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HB1286 • 2026

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

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Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
TAKAYAMA, ALCOS, BELATTI, HASHEM, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PIERICK, SOUZA, TAM, TEMPLO
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on the specific state highways affected by the ban or the consequences for violating the law.

Pedestrian Safety Rules

This bill makes it illegal for pedestrians to walk on the roadways of certain highways unless they are performing authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance work.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, auxiliary interstate highway, or specific state highways except while conducting authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pedestrians who want to walk on certain highways without sidewalks.
  • First responders and highway workers who need access to these roadways for their jobs.

Terms To Know

Authorized first responder duties
Official work done by people like police officers, firefighters, or emergency medical personnel.
Highway maintenance duties
Work related to repairing and maintaining roads and highways.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify which specific state highways are included in the ban.
  • The effective date of July 1, 3000, is likely a placeholder and needs updating.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment changes the rules about where pedestrians can walk along highways without sidewalks, especially on certain types of roads.

  • Pedestrians are now required to walk on the left side of the roadway or shoulder when no sidewalks are provided and it is practicable to do so.
  • The amendment prohibits pedestrians from walking on interstate highways, auxiliary interstate highways, and state highways without a clearly designated sidewalk.
  • The effective date of July 1, 3000, seems unusual and may be an error or placeholder that needs clarification.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-13 H

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  3. 2025-02-13 H

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 552) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  4. 2025-02-11 H

    The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Evslin; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

  5. 2025-02-07 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-27 H

    Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 4

  7. 2025-01-23 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  8. 2025-01-22 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
Interstate Highways; Auxiliary Interstate Highways; State Highways; Pedestrians; Prohibition
Prohibits pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, an auxiliary interstate highway, or certain state highways except while conducting authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1286

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1286

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to pedestrian safety
.

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

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SECTION
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Section
291C-76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read
as follows:

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Where sidewalks are not provided any
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Any
pedestrian walking along and upon a highway
where no sidewalks
are provided
shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the
roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite
direction[
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; provided that no pedestrian shall walk along or upon a
roadway designated as:

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An interstate
highway;

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(2)
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Auxiliary
interstate highway; or

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State highway
unless a clearly designated sidewalk is provided on the state highway,

except while conducting authorized first
responder duties or highway maintenance duties.
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SECTION 2.
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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 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Interstate
Highways; Auxiliary Interstate Highways; State Highways; Pedestrians;
Prohibition

Description:

Prohibits
pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, an
auxiliary interstate highway, or certain state highways except while conducting
authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties.

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