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Committee amends vehicle registration bill to exempt honorably discharged veterans; administration asks for data on fiscal effects

5755453 · August 20, 2025
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The budget committee amended Bill 62 (2024) to a CD1 narrowing a motor vehicle registration exemption to honorably discharged veterans 65 and older; the Department of Customer Services requested additional data and estimated a possible revenue impact that the committee asked staff to refine.

The Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget amended Bill 62 (2024) to CD1 to provide a vehicle-registration exemption for veterans who meet specified criteria (the CD clarifies the exemption applies to veterans not discharged dishonorably). Council Member Tupala described the narrowly tailored change as honoring veterans while Director Kimberly Hashiro of the Department of Customer Services…

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