Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 232)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2540

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Encourages the use of community service and other programs that employ aina-based principles. Repeals certain penalties imposed on parents, guardians, or other persons associated with unaccompanied children in streets and unmarried minors in dance halls. Effective 7/1/2027. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2524

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Appropriates funds to the Department of Housing and Land Management and Department of Design and Construction of the City and County of Honolulu as grants-in-aid to comply with the requirements of Act 206, SLH 2017, and Act 210, SLH 2018. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2518

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Includes recklessly causing serious or substantial bodily injury to a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of duty as the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer in the first degree. Increases penalties for the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer in the first degree. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1790

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Establishes the Hawaii Center for Policing and Criminal Justice Research within the Social Science Research Institute, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa to house the Hawaii Crime Lab. Requires law enforcement agencies and law enforcement oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding law enforcement stops, uses of force, and complaints to the Hawaii Crime Lab. Requires the Hawaii Crime Lab to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to adopt rules, in coordination with the Hawaii Crime Lab, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and any community advisory boards. Appropriates funds for the establishment and operation of the Hawaii Center for Policing and Criminal Justice Research within the Social Science Research Institute, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa to support implementation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2570

Introduced
1/23/26  
Appropriates supplemental moneys for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2025 and ending 6/30/2027.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1792

Introduced
1/23/26  
Short form bill relating to housing.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2561

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Clarifies an association boards authority with respect to calling and authorizing electronic meetings, electronic voting at electronic meetings, electronic voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2557

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
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  
Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to make an annual report on the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals and on housing placement. Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to annually report to the Legislature on contracts and plans or proposals to enhance kauhale projects. Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to annually report to the Legislature on coordination between the office and any county, state, or federal agencies, or private or nonprofit organizations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2546

Introduced
1/23/26  
Amends the definition of "development" as it pertains to coastal zone management to clarify that certain activities excluded from the definition of "development" are not subject to special management area permit requirements.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2529

Introduced
1/23/26  
Amends section 11-364, HRS, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2512

Introduced
1/23/26  
Adds new preferences for state and county employees to the eligibility criteria for housing development programs administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Clarifies the Corporation's authority to adopt rules and determine the order of applicant preferences.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1805

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Establishes an independent Office of the Child Advocate within the Department of the Attorney General to oversee and evaluate the delivery of services to children and their families by various state agencies and entities, receive and investigate complaints, and make recommendations for improvement. Requires annual reports to the Governor, Legislature, and public. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2566

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Removes the requirement that requests to withhold from public inspection the petition record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order be made orally.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2541

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes a temporary, independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive package of school consolidations, realignments, and closures based on the federal Base Realignment and Closure model. Requires an expedited approval process by the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1808

Introduced
1/23/26  
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-third representative district.