Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 145)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2301

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Transfers the licensing authority of private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the Department of Education to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2255

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Permanently exempts specified positions of the Department of the Attorney General and its administratively attached Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission from civil service and for certain positions from collective bargaining. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2265

Introduced
1/28/26  
Expands the allowable uses of Hawaii Technology Development Corporation grant funds to include providing grants to applicants for qualifying federal research and development awards and matching funds for recipients of those awards and related contracts.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2341

Introduced
1/28/26  
Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2249

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Permanently exempts certain positions within the Public Works Division, Special Project Branch, and the Comptroller's Office from state civil service law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2289

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
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  
Repeals the statutory expenditure ceiling on the Automated Victim Information and Notification System Special Fund to address rising program costs and growing victim service demands. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2297

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Updates Hawaii's statutory framework for adult and community education programs to ensure alignment with federal funding requirements and current best practices in those programs. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2288

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Expands the types of programs in which a committed person may participate to be eligible for parole. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3203

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/6/26  
Establishes the Statewide Air Medical Services Program within the Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch to coordinate and strengthen air medical services. Establishes the positions of an air medical director, an air medical program manager, and an air medical coordinator. Specifies that annual licensure and accreditation fees are to be deposited into the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund for costs of the program. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3207

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Authorizes applicants, operators, and third-party employers, rather than the Department of Health, to conduct background checks of employees and adult volunteers at healthcare facilities. Effective 1/30/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3205

Introduced
1/28/26  
Increases from 70% to 90% the taxation rate on electronic smoking devices and e-liquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after 12/31/2026. Provides for the deposit of the additional tax revenue into the Hawaii cancer research special fund.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3206

Introduced
1/28/26  
Allows any hemp processor with a permit from the Department of Health to sell certain manufactured hemp products that contain a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than five milligrams per serving. Prohibits the sale of certain manufactured hemp products to any person less than twenty-one years of age. Includes processed floral materials as "manufactured hemp products". Increases the maximum tetrahydrocannabinol concentration for tinctures to five milligrams per serving.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3204

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Establishes a two-year Family Resilience Pilot Program within the Office of Wellness and Resilience. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to be expended by the Department of Human Services for the pilot program. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2369

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires contracts for services awarded to community-based organizations by the Judiciary in support of fulfilling the Judiciary's statutory mandate to individuals, families, and communities in the State to include certain protections against inflation. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to increase the contract price in existing contracts for services provided by community-based organizations in support of fulfilling the Judiciary's statutory mandate to individuals, families, and communities in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3219

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  
Enrolled
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
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Proposes constitutional amendments to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as the counties, to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds for specified public works, public improvements, or other actions necessary for housing and community development, and exclude these bonds from determinations of the funded debt of the political subdivisions. (CD1)