Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 109)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1636

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Requires every business establishment that provides a shopping cart to mark each cart with identifying information. Authorizes a county to impound and dispose of a shopping cart and assess impound fees, storage fees, and disposal fees under certain circumstances. Authorizes the counties to establish policies for managing and impounding shopping carts that have been vandalized or no longer display an owner's identifying mark. Requires the counties to establish a buyback program for impounded shopping carts. Authorizes the counties to return a shopping cart, in lieu of impoundment, to the business establishment, subject to certain fines. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2407

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Hawaii Island Property Manager position within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2406

Introduced
1/21/26  
Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin".
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2405

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishes an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2411

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Clarifies that for campaign committee reports, the date a candidate receives a check from a third-party website or the date the deposit is made by the third party is the reporting date for contributions aggregating more than $100 in an election period. Clarifies that for contributions by lobbyists prohibited during a legislative session, the date of a violation is the date of the acceptance or the date where the agreement of acceptance of a contribution occurred and not the date of deposit.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2408

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Allows terminally ill patients and qualifying patients over sixty-five years of age with chronic diseases to use medical cannabis within specified health care facilities under certain conditions. Requires enforcement by the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1627

Introduced
1/21/26  
Amends repeat offender sentencing provisions to allow sentencing courts, under certain circumstances, to sentence defendants in class C felony cases to probation with appropriate terms and conditions.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1624

Introduced
1/21/26  
Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize individuals aged twenty-one and older to use and possess a personal-use amount of cannabis. Requires the Legislature to enact laws governing the use, manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, regulation, and taxation of cannabis within the State.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1635

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Makes broadcast and streaming platform productions and commercial advertisement productions with Internet-only distribution eligible to receive the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit. Repeals 1/1/2033. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1630

Introduced
1/21/26  
Short form bill relating to economic development.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2398

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
No later than 1/1/2029, requires each county board of water supply to publish a map of its service area and a list of service-restricted areas on their website. Specifies a procedure for responding to certain water availability requests. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2414

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to study the health care communication needs of patients who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deaf-blind. Requires a report to the Legislature 20 days prior to the 2027 Regular Session.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2409

Introduced
1/21/26  
Requires a participant in the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program to remain and work in the State for a certain number of years based on the amount of financial assistance received.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2412

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Appropriates funds to establish a bachelor's degree program in American Sign Language interpretation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus with a multi-year plan to include a master's degree program for interpreter training. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1637

Introduced
1/21/26  
Authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to initiate an investigation into a nonprofit corporation for compliance with the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act and its tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.