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SB2992 • 2026

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

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Sponsor
LEE, C., CHANG, INOUYE, MORIWAKI, RHOADS, RICHARDS
Last action
2026-01-30
Official status
Referred to TRS, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.
  • Pedestrians; Right-of-way in Crosswalks Specifies that the driver of a vehicle must wait until a pedestrian has crossed half of the crosswalk plus an additional lane of the roadway before the driver can proceed.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-30 S

    Referred to TRS, JDC.

  2. 2026-01-26 S

    Passed First Reading.

  3. 2026-01-23 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.
Pedestrians; Right-of-way in Crosswalks
Specifies that the driver of a vehicle must wait until a pedestrian has crossed half of the crosswalk plus an additional lane of the roadway before the driver can proceed.

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SB2992

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2992

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to pedestrians
.

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
]
crossed
half of the crosswalk plus an additional lane of the roadway
and the driver
can safely proceed.

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For purposes of this section,
"a pedestrian who is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk" occurs
when any part or extension of the pedestrian, including any part of the
pedestrian's body, wheelchair, cane, crutch, or bicycle, is beyond the curb or
edges of the traversable roadway and moves onto the roadway within an
intersection or crosswalk."

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SECTION 2.
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This Act does not affect rights and duties
that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun
before its effective date.

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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 upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Pedestrians;
Right-of-way in Crosswalks

Description:

Specifies
that the driver of a vehicle must wait until a pedestrian has crossed half of
the crosswalk plus an additional lane of the roadway before the driver can
proceed.

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