SB2609 • 2026

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

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Sponsor: CHANG
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: Referred to TRS, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
Roadway Safety; Pedestrian Safety; Motor Vehicles; Pedestrians; Crosswalks Prohibits the driver of a vehicle from proceeding on a roadway until a pedestrian within a crosswalk completely crosses the roadway.

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Bill History

2026-01-28 S
Referred to TRS, JDC.
2026-01-23 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-01-23 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
Roadway Safety; Pedestrian Safety; Motor Vehicles; Pedestrians; Crosswalks
Prohibits the driver of a vehicle from proceeding on a roadway until a pedestrian within a crosswalk completely crosses the roadway.

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SB2609

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2609

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

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
1
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Section 291C-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

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"(a)
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The driver of a vehicle shall stop for a
pedestrian who is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk [
when the
pedestrian is either:

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(1)
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Upon the half of the roadway upon
which the vehicle is traveling; or

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(2)
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Approaching the vehicle so closely
from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger,
]

and shall not proceed until the pedestrian
has [
passed the vehicle and the driver can safely proceed.
]
completely
crossed the roadway.
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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Statutory material to be repealed is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
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This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Roadway Safety;
Pedestrian Safety; Motor Vehicles; Pedestrians; Crosswalks

Description:

Prohibits
the driver of a vehicle from proceeding on a roadway until a pedestrian within
a crosswalk completely crosses the roadway.

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