HB2022 • 2026

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Taxes

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Sponsor: KILA
Last action: 2026-04-17
Official status: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify that annual reports are required to the Legislature. This claim was removed as it is unsupported by the provided official source material.

Setting Limits on County Vehicle Registration Fees

This bill sets the county annual vehicle registration fee equal to the state's fee, limits weight taxes, and requires spending on road repairs for large counties.

What This Bill Does

Sets the maximum county annual vehicle registration fee at the same level as the state’s fee for counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more.
Requires large counties to spend a portion of their motor vehicle registration fees and weight taxes on roadway repair and maintenance.
Limits the county annual vehicle weight tax to match the state's rate for counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more.

Who It Names or Affects

Counties with populations over 500,000
Vehicle owners in large counties

Terms To Know

alternative fuel vehicle: A car or truck that runs on a non-petroleum-based fuel but not an electric vehicle.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only affects counties with populations over 500,000.
It is not clear how much of the collected revenue must be spent on road repairs and maintenance.

Amendments

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

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: The amendment changes the rules for how much counties can charge for annual vehicle registration fees and sets requirements on how they must use the money collected.

Sets a limit that county annual vehicle registration fees cannot be higher than the state's fee of $46 plus an additional surcharge of $50 for alternative fuel vehicles.
Requires counties to spend at least thirty percent of their collected revenues from vehicle weight taxes on roadway repair and maintenance.

The amendment text is incomplete, so some details about the full requirements and impacts are not provided.

SD1

Hawaii published version SD1

Plain English: The amendment changes vehicle registration fees in Hawaii by increasing the annual fee for alternative fuel vehicles to $50 and requiring these surcharges to be paid annually along with other taxes and fees.

Increases the annual registration surcharge for alternative fuel vehicles from an unspecified amount to $50.
Requires that the surcharge for alternative fuel vehicles is paid each year together with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter on a staggered basis as established by each county.

The original text does not specify the previous fee amount for alternative fuel vehicles, making it unclear how much of an increase this represents.
Details about the implementation and enforcement of these changes are not provided in the amendment text.

Bill History

2026-04-17 S
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
2026-04-16 H
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2026-04-14 H
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 653) in amended form (SD 1).
2026-04-14 S
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2026-04-10 S
One Day Notice 04-14-26.
2026-04-10 S
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3704) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-09 S
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-04-07 S
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-03-30 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2026-03-30 S
Reported from EIG/TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3314) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-03-24 S
The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-03-24 S
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.
2026-03-19 S
The committee(s) on EIG/TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 3:01PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
2026-03-10 S
Referred to EIG/TRS, WAM.
2026-03-10 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-03-10 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 178).
2026-03-06 H
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
2026-03-06 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1002-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-02 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
2026-02-27 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-19 H
Passed 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 none excused (0).
2026-02-19 H
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 542-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-02-17 H
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.
2026-02-12 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-28 H
Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3
2026-01-26 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-23 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
County Annual Vehicle Registration Fee; Vehicle Weight Tax; Reports
Specifies that the county annual vehicle registration fee shall not exceed the state annual motor vehicle registration fee for counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more. Specifies that counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more are required to spend a certain portion of the collected revenues from county motor vehicle registration fees and weight tax on roadway repair and maintenance. Specifies that the county annual vehicle weight tax shall not exceed the state annual vehicle weight tax for counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB2022

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2022

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to motor vehicle registration
.

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

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SECTION
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Section 249-31,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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State
and county
registration [
fee.
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fees.
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(a)
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All
vehicles and motor vehicles in the State [
as defined in section 249-1
],
including antique motor vehicles, except as otherwise provided in sections 249-4,
249-6, and 249
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31.5, shall be subject to a $46
annual vehicle registration
fee
; provided that
alternative fuel vehicles shall pay an annual vehicle registration surcharge of
$50, which shall be assessed and collected beginning with the first
registration renewal for every alternative fuel vehicle and shall be deposited
into the state highway fund established under section 248-8.
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The surcharge shall be paid each year together
with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter on a staggered basis as
established by each county as authorized by section 286-51, and the state
registration for that county shall likewise be staggered so that the state
registration fee is due and payable at the same time and shall be collected
together with the county fee.
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The state
registration fee shall be deemed delinquent if not paid with the county
registration fee.
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The respective
counties shall collect this fee together with the vehicle registration tax
collected for the county and shall transfer the moneys collected under this [
section
]

subsection and subsection (b)
to the State.

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For the purposes of this
subsection, "alternative fuel vehicle" means a vehicle powered by a
non-petroleum-based fuel, but excludes an electric vehicle as defined in
section 249-36(g).

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(b)
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In addition to the annual vehicle registration surcharge fee, for each
annual motor vehicle registration fee, the director shall deposit $40 into the
state highway fund, $5 into the emergency medical services special fund, and $1
into the accessible parking special account.

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(c)
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Notwithstanding any county ordinance to the
contrary, a county's annual vehicle registration fee shall be equal to the
annual vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant to subsection (a).
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SECTION
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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:

County Annual
Vehicle Registration Fee

Description:

Specifies
that the county annual vehicle registration fee is equal to the state annual
motor vehicle registration fee.

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