# State of Hawaii — Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type

For State of Hawaii, cfr citation is 49 CFR 395.1(i); who qualifies is a driver who drives a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Hawaii; what it exempts from is The rules in § 395.8 do not apply; radius or condition is if the motor carrier who employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true records; baseline limit (for context) is § 395.3's driving and on-duty limits still apply; only the § 395.8 record-of-duty-status rules are lifted, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **Exemption:** State of Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CFR citation:** 49 CFR 395.1(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who qualifies:** a driver who drives a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Hawaii _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it exempts from:** The rules in § 395.8 do not apply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Radius or condition:** if the motor carrier who employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true records _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline limit (for context):** § 395.3's driving and on-duty limits still apply; only the § 395.8 record-of-duty-status rules are lifted. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (i) State of Hawaii. The rules in § 395.8 do not apply to a driver who drives a commercial motor vehicle in the State of Hawaii, if the motor carrier who employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true records showing— (1) The total number of hours the driver is on duty each day; and (2) The time at which the driver reports for, and is released from, duty each day.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-A/section-395.1

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-08-28.
Part of [Federal hours-of-service exemptions by commercial driver operation type](https://referencesource.org/federal-hours-of-service-exemptions-by-operation-type/).