Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 140)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2571

Introduced
1/28/26  
Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant writer position within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and converts the position from temporary to permanent.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2593

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Authorizes the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority to extend existing leases and subleases for up to an additional ten-year term. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2526

Introduced
1/28/26  
Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for a certain percentage of expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices or to purchase, install, or construct, a hurricane shelter on the taxpayer's property. Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or income from the sale of a concrete certified hurricane-resistant residential project or certain hurricane-resistant components of a high-rise condominium. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Sunsets 12/31/2030.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3330

Introduced
1/30/26  
Establishes a performing arts ticket surcharge on the sale of certain performing arts tickets for an event held in the State.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3313

Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Establishes a Hawaii Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation. Requires a covered interisland air service operator to issue an equity interest to the State as a condition of participation in the Hawaii Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Program. Establishes the Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Tax Credit. Sunsets 6/30/2036. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2576

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Clarifies and streamlines background check requirements for healthcare facility applicants, operators, and direct patient access employees. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2554

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Temporarily establishes, within the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Search and Rescue Coordinator to review, assess, coordinate, prepare, and manage plans and resources for search and rescue operations statewide. Repeals on 6/30/2031. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3300

Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Requires a tax to be paid before the courts may entertain a second appeal on the merits of the dispute. Requires a taxpayer who partially prevailed during the taxpayer's first appeal to pay the amount determined to be due in that first appeal, rather than the entire assessment, in order to make a subsequent appeal. Clarifies that a taxpayer who does not appeal the decision of the body reviewing the initial tax assessment by the Department of Taxation is required to pay the tax as determined by the Taxation Board of Review or Tax Appeal Court or the tax assessment by the Department of Taxation if left unmodified and unamended by the Board or Court. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2570

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Establishes a general excise tax to be levied on sports wagering operator licenses. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Health. Specifies that legal sports wagering and fantasy sports contests shall not be considered contests of chance or gambling. Authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to perform criminal history record checks on applicants and licensees relating to sports wagering. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2582

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
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  
Amends the membership and responsibilities of the Public Land Trust Working Group established under Act 226, SLH 2022. Requires the Working Group to submit four reports to the Legislature: by 8/1/2027, a first interim report regarding Act 178, SLH 2006, financial reporting and accounting; by 12/1/2027, a second interim report regarding the public land trust inventory; by 6/1/2028, a third interim report that includes a preliminary draft of findings and recommendations regarding Act 178 financial reporting and accounting and the public land trust inventory; and by 10/1/2028, a final report that includes proposed legislation. Authorizes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide administrative support to the Working Group in coordination with a third-party consultant. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2518

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Requires the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2610

Introduced
1/28/26  
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-seventh representative district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3277

Introduced
1/30/26  
Provides that a determination of personal liability for another person's unpaid general excise taxes is an assessment subject to the due process procedures and appeals available for other assessments.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3331

Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Establishes comprehensive reforms to protect children and families from abuse and improve systemic responses. Part I: Establishes the calendar year 2027 as the Year of Resilience, Safety, and Survivor Justice. Part II: Modernizes statutory definitions of harm and child abuse. Part III: Recognizes coercive control as domestic abuse. Part IV: Reforms Family Court procedures to prioritize child safety and prohibit parental alienation theories. Part V: Defines economic abuse and strengthens financial protections, including automatic restraining orders, emergency hearings, forensic accounting authority, and liability for financial institutions. Part VI: Safeguards neurodivergent children and prohibits diagnosis shopping. Part VII: Protects reproductive privacy in custody proceedings. Part VIII: Enhances Child Welfare Services Branch accountability through audits and creation of a Child Welfare Ombudsman. Part IX: Requires automatic protective orders and custody restrictions in cases of severe violence. Part X: Creates a Family Violence Docket with mandatory judicial training and an advisory panel.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3320

Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Requires the Food and Product Innovation Network to integrate a coordinated food safety and regulatory framework. Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish key performance indicators for the Food and Product Innovation Network, develop a market access strategy, align and harmonize state branding initiatives, and report certain data to the Legislature. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate or adapt enterprise zone incentives in all counties to better support the Food and Product Innovation Network. Appropriates funds. (CD1)