Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 144)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2293

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Clarifies the scope of the Department of Education's harm to students registry by excluding K-12 students and by providing that contractors and volunteers are included only if their roles involves interaction with students. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2273

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2284

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Establishes the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program within the Department of Human Services to assist qualifying households in paying their energy bills. Requires the Public Utilities Commission Public Benefits Fee Administrator to provide certain information and assistance to recipients of the program. Appropriates funds to implement the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2282

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
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  
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires insurers to provide explanation of premium increases upon request; clarifies grounds for denial, suspension, and revocation of an adjuster or independent bill reviewer license; clarifies procedures for denying, suspending, and revoking an insurance producer license; and amends the notice requirements for cancellation or nonrenewal of a property insurance policy. Clarifies the date on which purchase groups are required to pay an annual service fee. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2267

Introduced
1/28/26  
Expands the funding sources of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund to include reveneues received by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from managing the Hawaii Film Studio.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2272

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including health premium payments and the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2309

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to include children of a sibling as qualifying relatives of lessees for the purposes of lease transfer and lease successorship, in the same manner currently allowed for spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2295

Introduced
1/28/26  
Raises the ceiling for the prevailing wages exemption on public works construction projects from $2,000 to $5,000 for governmental contracting agencies. Creates exemption to contractors licensing laws for public works construction projects valued up to $5,000 for governmental contracting agencies.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2350

Introduced
1/28/26  
Beginning 1/1/2027, increases the tip credit amount to equal twenty-five per cent of the minimum wage. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate the adjusted tip credit amount.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2251

Introduced
1/28/26  
Clarifies and updates the sex trafficking and promoting prostitution criminal offense statutes by refining the definition of "profits from prostitution," establishing an affirmative defense to these offenses for certain lawful transactions, and making technical and other housekeeping amendments.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2336

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with the United States Department of Defense for the provision of services at federal military installations, under certain conditions. Authorizes charging an administrative fee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2280

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Appropriates moneys out of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to maintain the levels of programs determined to be essential to education, public health, and public welfare, to provide for counter cyclical economic and employment programs of economic downturn, to restore facilities destroyed or damaged or services disrupted by disaster, and to meet other emergencies declared by the Governor or determined to be urgent by the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2315

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Enrolled
4/24/26  
Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a vacation payout pilot program in which eligible Department of Health employees may defer unused vacation leave credits in favor of a pay out to provide home purchase down payment assistance. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2270

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Amends the Downpayment Loan Assistance Program by: removing the prohibition on combined loan-to-value ratios; clarifying the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's authority to establish interest rates and allow payment waivers and interest forgiveness; authorizing financial institutions, mortgage lenders, and other loan originators to originate downpayment loans; and reducing the borrower's required personal contribution toward the downpayment. Authorizes borrowers to use a portion of a downpayment loan to pay for closing costs, prepaids, and reserves for the purchase of the residential property for which the downpayment loan is provided. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2348

Introduced
1/28/26  
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.