Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 233)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2509

Introduced
1/23/26  
Repeals law that provides that all local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices are preempted and that existing local laws and regulations conflicting with the state law on smoking are null and void. Clarifies that counties retain the authority to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices, as long as the ordinances do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law on smoking.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2538

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes stipends for certain Island Burial Council members. Amends section 6E-43.5, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to quorum and compensation.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2550

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Refer
3/30/26  
Requires the School Facilities Authority to establish a school modernization initiative through a capital improvement project planning database for school facilities statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2516

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Establishes a gradient penalty structure for the offense of hindering prosecution in the first degree, based on the level of offense hindered. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1803

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Requires the Board of Education to adopt a heat acclimatization and practice policy based on the Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association's Hawaii High School Athletic Association Heat Acclimatization and Practice Policy of 2017 for students in grades kindergarten to twelve in Department of Education schools and public charter schools statewide for certain physical activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2567

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
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
4/10/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Establishes a two-year pilot project to authorize public employers to petition for temporary restraining orders and injunctions against employment-related harassment of certain public employees. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1806

Introduced
1/23/26  
Allows funds from the Condominium Education Trust Fund to be used for education and resources for condominium unit owners as primary stakeholders in condominium governance. Requires the Real Estate Commission to ensure that condominium unit owners are recognized and included as stakeholders in educational programs, consultations, advisory committees, task forces, and police development activities.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2573

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Authorizes administrative drivers license revocation hearings to be conducted using interactive conference technology, including teleconference, videoconference, and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) systems. Clarifies that evidence in hearings conducted via interactive conference technology may be submitted and exchanged electronically. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2569

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Provides for the temporary sealing of certain medical records and professional evaluations filed in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings pending a judicial determination on the need for continued sealing.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2514

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Establishes conveyance tax rates for multifamily residential properties. Establishes new exemptions to the conveyance tax. Allocates collected conveyance taxes to the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund, Homeless Services Special Fund, and Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Amends allocations to the Land Conservation Fund and Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2520

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Amends Act 213, SLH 2024, by repealing its sunset date and requiring the Criminal Justice Research Institute to submit a one-time report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2031. Requires the Department of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Criminal Justice Research Institute, to submit ongoing annual reports to the Legislature. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2547

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Amends the definition of "development," as it pertains to coastal zone management, to exclude any state- or county-funded infrastructure improvement project that is exempted from an environmental assessment or determined as a finding of no significant impact under chapter 343, HRS. Applies only to zones established in Lahaina in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires that have been designated for reentry by the State or county of Maui as of January 1, 2026. Effective 7/1/2050. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1788

Introduced
1/23/26  
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to establish access to affordable health care as a fundamental right, subject to limitations balancing other essential public services.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1797

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Requires an automated vehicle used by a motor carrier to transport passengers commercially to have a human supervisor present in the vehicle. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the training of supervisors for autonomous vehicles. Sunsets 12/31/2036. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2515

Introduced
1/23/26  
Authorizes each county that has established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015 to extend the surcharge until 12/31/2045 at the same rates if the county does so before 1/1/2028. Provides that no county surcharge on state tax authorized for a county that has not established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015, shall be levied before 1/1/2019 or after 12/31/2045. Repeals certain conditions on the use of surcharges received from the State for counties having a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopt a county surcharge on state tax.