Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 156)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2574
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Clarifies that the Preschool Open Doors Program is open to all children, including children in foster care, who meet the eligibility requirements of the program.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2480
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Protects emergency responders from liability during periods of evacuation. Provides that individuals who wilfully fail to comply with predictive evacuation orders assume the risk and waive liability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2531
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Ensures Department of Education and charter school students receive nonpartisan information, before reaching voting age, on how to properly preregister or register to vote.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2504
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to develop and maintain comprehensive Housing Equity Dashboard on the Corporation's website that provides annual public reporting on certain statistics regarding affordable housing production. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3325
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
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
Report Pass
5/1/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Requires the Department of Education to establish an updated plan for maximizing Medicaid reimbursements for administrative and support services provided to students with special needs. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2616
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
Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaok Community Development District as an entity within the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaok Community Development District Special Fund. Specifies the powers and duties of the Authority as it relates to the new development district and amends the composition of the Authority to include representatives of the new development district. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2555
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands the general excise tax exemption implemented in 2024 for certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3283
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
2/2/26
Amends the research activity tax credit so that references to the base amount in section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply and credit for all qualified research expenses may be taken without regard to the amount of expenses for previous years. Increases the annual aggregate cap for the research activity tax credit.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2601
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes the Trade-Oriented Production Capacity Grant Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support one-time capital investments that expand the State's manufacturing and production capacity for trade. Provides grants for equipment, automation, and facility improvements that directly increase output, efficiency, and competitiveness for eligible businesses, with required private-sector matching funds. Prioritizes traded-sector businesses with interstate or international market potential to help generate measurable near-term trade and economic returns. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2538
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2618
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Refer
2/3/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/5/26
Refer
3/10/26
Establishes a Green Fee Special Fund to receive an allocation of green fee revenues. Establishes various special funds to receive allocations of green fee revenues. Requires the Governor to request, through a bill separate from the budget or supplemental budget, an amount that approximates green fee revenues subtracted from the amounts allocated to the various funds to be expended for certain climate change and tourism destination management projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2544
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/5/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/30/26
Refer
3/30/26
Makes permanent, rather than repealing upon the adoption of relevant administrative rules, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' authority to establish a transaction fee for certain services rendered by the Bureau of Conveyances for each recording in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court. Amends the authorized uses of moneys in the Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund. Repeals language that required the Bureau of Conveyances' microfilm fees to be established by rules. Effective 7/1/3026. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3282
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Establishes a statewide framework for the implementation of the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program to provide financial aid for certain short-term workforce education and training programs. Establishes a Workforce Pell Grant Program Approval Committee within the Workforce Development Council. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2609
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Defines "portable solar generation device" and establishes certain requirements for their regulation and use exclusively within units in condominiums organized pursuant to Chapter 514B, HRS. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish an online registration system. Clarifies that portable solar generation devices are subject to certain approval procedures for installation in condominiums. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2607
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Protects a person's right to publicity from artificial intelligence deepfakes.