Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 174)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2154

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to conduct a study of agricultural markets for Hawaii farmers. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the one-year study of agricultural markets for Hawaii farmers. Appropriates funds to establish positions to collect agricultural data and conduct data analysis for public consumption. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2097

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Establishes the Climate-Resilient Food Systems Grant Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Appropriates funds. Requires DAB to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2060

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/24/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Authorizes the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide any and all forms of financing for the development, predevelopment, construction, acquisition, preservation, and substantial rehabilitation of rental housing units. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to give preference to certain projects with perpetual affordability commitments, that are revenue neutral, and to applicants with a demonstrated history of early repayment to the RHRF. Authorizes HHFDC to use moneys in the RHRF that have been reserved or awarded by HHFDC for specific projects but have not yet been encumbered to fund other rental housing projects subject to certain conditions. Authorizes HHFDC to secure a line of credit or other instrument of indebtedness to provide liquidity for the RHRF under certain conditions. Repeals 6/30/2030. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2244

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Subjects legislative and judicial employees to the same ethical standards prohibiting nepotism that are applicable to other state employees.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2306

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
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 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1524

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Establishes that fines for pedestrian violations under chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not exceed $25. Requires state and county agencies to revise applicable schedules of fines, rules, and procedures to comply with the monetary limit. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2052

Introduced
1/21/26  
Requires original smartphone manufacturers to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2142

Introduced
1/21/26  
Requires each state agency to expeditiously use energy efficient lighting. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to provide technical assistance and survey state agencies for compliance, prioritizing first responder facilities. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to assist the Hawaii State Energy Office in conducting the survey. Requires a report of the survey to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2112

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Beginning January 1, 2027, bans the manufacture, sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any food for human consumption that contains petroleum-based synthetic food dyes and synthetic chemical additives. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2006

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Clarifies that a "farm dwelling" permitted in an agricultural district includes a single-family farm dwelling with an accessory employee housing structure, subject to certain restrictions. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2029

Introduced
1/21/26  
Establishes the eighth day of August of each year as "Hawaii Disaster Drill Day". Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with all state departments and agencies, to conduct drills and perform other activities for that day.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1561

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires public charter schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to provide free meals to students whose family income is no more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2221

Introduced
1/21/26  
Authorizes manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products that are pending approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration to make the drugs or products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2162

Introduced
1/21/26  
Authorizes large landowners to petition the Land Use Commission to allow the development of elderly housing on portions of agricultural lands.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2327

Introduced
1/21/26  
Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real-time by 1/1/2027. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits in areas served by an investor-owned electric utility to adopt a self-certification process for solar distributed energy resource systems that are not SolarAPP+ compatible.