Bill > SB2695

This bill, effective January 1, 2027, clarifies and strengthens a driver's legal obligations at crosswalks to improve pedestrian safety, a growing concern due to increasing traffic fatalities involving pedestrians. It mandates that drivers must not only stop but also remain stopped for pedestrians who are crossing or entering a crosswalk, ensuring the pedestrian has safely passed their lane of travel and any adjacent lane before proceeding. The bill also increases penalties for violations, doubling them for infractions occurring within a school zone, and expands the offense of negligent injury in the second degree to include causing bodily injury to a "vulnerable user" – such as a child, elderly person, or someone with a disability – through negligent operation of a vehicle.

Justice, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2695&year=2026