THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	30
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MOPEDS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 291C-195, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Notwithstanding section 286-81(b), no person[:] less than:

(1) [Less than fifteen] Sixteen years of age shall drive a moped on a highway, street, or roadway, or any other public property in the State; and

(2) [Less than eighteen] Twenty-one years of age shall drive a moped unless the person wears a safety helmet securely fastened with a chin strap.

The safety helmet shall meet the specifications and requirements established by rules adopted by the director."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Mopeds; Safety Equipment; Safety Helmet; Requirement

Description:

Prohibits persons under the age of sixteen from driving a moped and persons under the age of twenty-one from driving a moped without a helmet. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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