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ROH §15B-12.2

No lying down in bus stops during most of the day

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This rule bans lying down in designated bus stop areas during most of the day and night. It lists exceptions for medical emergencies, expressive activities, maintenance work, and small children. Police must warn you first before citing you, and you can only use the expressive activity defense if you told the officer beforehand.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Prohibition

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) No person may lie down in a designated bus stop area, or on a tarp, towel, blanket, sleeping bag, bedding, chair, bench, tent floor, cardboard, or any other object or material located in a designated bus stop area, between the hours of 4:00 a.m. on one day and 1:00 a.m. of the following day. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any person: (1) Unable to comply with the direction of a law enforcement officer given under subsection (c) due to a medical condition or emergency; (2) Engaged in an expressive activity; (3) Engaged in a maintenance, repair, or construction activity on behalf of a governmental entity or a public utility; or (4) Under the age of six years old who is lying down in a baby carriage, stroller, or carrier, or is lying down while being held or carried by a person who is not lying down. (c) No person may be cited for a violation of this article unless the person continues to engage in the conduct prohibited by this article after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that the conduct is unlawful. (d) No person may raise as a defense to a prosecution under this article that they were participating in an expressive event or activity, unless they notified the law enforcement officer prior to or at the time of the citation that they were engaging in an expressive activity, or unless it would have been clearly evident to a reasonably observant person that the lying down was part of an expressive activity.
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.