SB1208 • 2026

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Sponsor: LEE, C.
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: Re-Referred to TRS/PSM, WAM/JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Automated Speed Enforcement System; Violations; Evidence; DOT; DLE; Appropriation ($) Allows authorized employees of the Department of Transportation and Department of Law Enforcement to inspect and provide a certificate of certain evidence of speed limit violations obtained by automated speed enforcement systems.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to establish and implement the automated speed enforcement systems program.

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Bill History

2026-01-21 S
Re-Referred to TRS/PSM, WAM/JDC.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-27 S
Referred to TCA/PSM, WAM/JDC.
2025-01-21 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-01-17 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Automated Speed Enforcement System; Violations; Evidence; DOT; DLE; Appropriation ($)
Allows authorized employees of the Department of Transportation and Department of Law Enforcement to inspect and provide a certificate of certain evidence of speed limit violations obtained by automated speed enforcement systems. Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to establish and implement the automated speed enforcement systems program.

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SB1208

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1208

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to Transportation
.

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

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SECTION
1
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Section 291L-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

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(c)
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Proof of a violation of section 291C-108
shall be evidenced by information obtained from an automated speed enforcement
system authorized pursuant to this chapter.
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A certificate, sworn to or affirmed by the reviewing [
county police
department,
]
entity,
or a facsimile thereof, based upon inspection
of any clear and unobstructed photographs, microphotographs, video, or other
recorded images produced by the system, shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts contained therein.
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Any
photographs, microphotographs, video, or other recorded images shall be
available for inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability for that
violation.

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For the
purposes of this subsection "reviewing entity" means a county police
department or authorized employee of the department of transportation or
department of law enforcement.
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SECTION
2.
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $5,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the
establishment and implementation of the automated speed
enforcement systems program
.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the
department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
3.
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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 on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Automated
Speed Enforcement System; Violations; Evidence; DOT; DLE; Appropriation

Description:

Allows
authorized employees of the Department of Transportation and Department of Law
Enforcement to inspect and provide a certificate of certain evidence of speed
limit violations obtained by automated speed enforcement systems.
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Appropriates funds to the Department of
Transportation to establish and implement the automated speed enforcement
systems program.

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