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Hawaii · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1644: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1644 is a bill introduced in the Hawaii Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Primary sponsor: Kurt Fevella (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Passed First Reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes that development of a fixed guideway system in a county having a population greater than 500,000 is a function of state government. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to develop a fixed guideway system in a county having a population greater than 500,000. Requires the Department of Transportation to transfer the fixed guideway system to the respective county upon completion. Transfers functions of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to the Department of Transportation.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kurt FevellaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Passed First Reading.
  2. Referred to TCA/EIG, WAM/JDC.
  3. Introduced.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source