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Urging The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Utilize Artificial Intelligence To Mitigate Traffic And Improve Road Safety In The State.
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Hawaii's House Resolution 51 (2026) would have urged the State Department of Transportation and the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Transportation Services to consider implementing artificial intelligence technologies in their infrastructure to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and requested a report on traffic technologies used in other jurisdictions and the feasibility of integrating AI, due 20 days before the 2027 session. Amended to HD 1, it was deferred by the House committee on ECD on April 8, 2026 and never adopted. A resolution does not change the law.
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What it means for business
None: a non-binding resolution that was never adopted.
Key provisions
- Would urge the State Department of Transportation and the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services to consider implementing new and innovative artificial intelligence technologies in their current infrastructure to mitigate traffic and increase road safety
- Would request a report on the use of existing traffic technologies in other jurisdictions and the feasibility of integrating AI into existing traffic technology infrastructure, due no later than twenty days before the 2027 regular session (HD 1)
- Findings cite 129 Hawaii traffic fatalities in 2025 and a $750,000 U.S. Department of Transportation award to the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- A non-binding resolution: an urging and a request, with no legal requirements
- Offered March 16, 2026; amended to HD 1 by TRN and referred to ECD April 2, 2026; deferred by ECD April 8, 2026; never adopted
Latest legislative action
Apr 8, 2026. The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Sponsors (showing 5 of 9)
| Name | Role | District |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Muraoka R | Sponsor | HD-045 |
| David Alcos R | Sponsor | HD-041 |
| Diamond Garcia R | Sponsor | HD-042 |
| Elijah Pierick R | Sponsor | HD-039 |
| Garner Shimizu R | Sponsor | HD-032 |
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