Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 215)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB828

Introduced
1/23/25  
Requires state agencies to establish a Plant-Based-By-Default Program for food and drinks offered at state-operated prisons, state-licensed hospitals, and government-sponsored events. Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Comptroller, and Director of Health to submit annual reports to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Effective 7/1/2026.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB98

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Authorizes public school complexes to use authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1496

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for places of public accommodation to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of, or information related to, their goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using information and communication technology intended for use by the general public as applicants, participants, customers, clients, or visitors. Establishes exceptions. Clarifies that a facility is considered a place of public accommodation regardless of whether its presence in the State is physical or digital. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB249

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to contract with third-party providers of family-child interaction learning programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1473

Introduced
1/23/25  
Requires certain landlords to provide a specified notice to a tenant regarding the tenant's potential right to purchase the property, under certain conditions. Allows tenants, families, local governments, affordable housing nonprofits, and community land trusts forty-five days to match or beat the best bona fide offer to buy an eligible affordable housing property. Establishes conveyance tax rates for the sale of eligible affordable housing properties.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1279

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establish a medical education liaison position within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine to support programs that utilize a team of medical specialists to support primary care providers and other health care professionals through mentorship and guidance. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB213

Introduced
1/15/25  
Requires medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment for all infants born alive. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1484

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Authorizes the counties to sell or dispose of property bordering the ocean when the Department of Transportation requests the acquisition of the property for state highway purposes.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1390

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/19/25  
Engrossed
2/27/25  
Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB160

Introduced
1/16/25  
Allows impasses and disputes relating to the amounts of State and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to be resolved by arbitration. Repeals the prohibition against strikes by members of bargaining units on the issue of the amounts of State and county contributions to the Trust Fund.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1569

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
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. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB512

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes a standard of state waters within three thousand feet seaward of the base line of the territorial sea as ocean recreation management areas. Prohibits commercial activity in ocean recreation management areas, except by a commercial use permit.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1294

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Requires all playgrounds located in state and county parks and on public school grounds to include special needs recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses by 6/30/2027, including at a minimum a wheelchair accessible swing set. Establishes the Special Needs Recreational Playground Equipment Special Fund. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1401

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Reduces the minimum number of years of credited service qualified Tier 2 Employees' Retirement System members must have to be eligible for vested benefit status for service retirement allowance purposes from ten years to five years. Increases employer contributions to offset the resulting liability.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB322

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)