SB 645 Summary

• Expands Hawaii's ignition interlock program to include other alcohol monitoring systems and technologies beyond traditional breath devices, renaming the requirement to "intoxicant control system."

• Requires the license revocation period to be tolled (paused) for any time a person fails to have an intoxicant control system installed in a vehicle they own or operate, preventing people from "sitting out" the revocation period.

• Establishes compliance-based requirements for removing the intoxicant control system, including 180 consecutive days without test failures, missed tests, or violations before a person can be released from the restriction.

• Adds sentencing options including sobriety programs with alcohol/drug testing requirements and allows defendants to enroll in substance abuse education or treatment programs prior to conviction to satisfy court-ordered program requirements.

• Grants the Department of Transportation authority to adopt rules for implementing the expanded intoxicant control system program, including standards for device certification and vendor selection.