Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 244)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2069
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
2/25/26
Engrossed
3/5/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Enrolled
5/8/26
Extends the sunset date of the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program pursuant to Act 92, SLH 2023, from June 30, 2028, to June 30, 2031. Requires any equity purchased by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation under the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program to be in a for-sale housing development project within a transit-oriented development zone. Authorizes HHFDC to spend up to $20,000,000 from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the Equity Pilot Program established pursuant to Act 92, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023. (CD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2352
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Requires certain government entities in the State that issue building permits to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems that deems permit applications approved and allows applicants to proceed to build solar distributed energy resource system immediately. Requires certain government entities in the State that issue building permits to develop guidance for determining specific conditions when a Federal Emergency Management Agency-mandated No-Rise Certification is not required for a solar distributed energy resource system located in a regulatory floodway. Effective 4/19/2042. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2281
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Requires health care providers using artificial intelligence (AI) in patient interactions to disclose to the patient that the patient is interacting with artificial intelligence. Requires health care providers using AI in making consequential decisions relating to the patient to provide certain notice and statements to the patient; maintain a qualified AI oversight personnel who shall be a natural person that reviews, evaluates, and validates or overrides AI outputs; monitor and conduct regular performance evaluations of their AI systems; implement procedures to address identified deficiencies; and maintain certain records. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules. Implementation effective 7/1/2028. Effective 1/30/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2335
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish an Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to purchase from willing private land owners agricultural conservation easements to preserve and protect the land for agricultural use in perpetuity. Establishes the Agricultural Conservation Easement Management Special Fund. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2330
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Phases in requirements that all newly manufactured washing machines sold within the State by January 1, 2042, be equipped with a microfiber filter. Requires certification that newly manufactured washing machines have microfiber filters. Establishes penalties.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2303
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Creates exemptions from interconnection requirements for portable solar generation devices. Establishes basic safety requirements for portable solar generation devices. Provides liability protections for electric utilities.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2194
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Requires applicants for rental housing revolving fund moneys to be either organizations that are required to use all financial surplus, excluding fees, to develop additional housing in the State, or government agencies. Effective 7/1/2050.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1531
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Requires the Governor or mayor of a county, during a state of emergency, to provide an American Sign Language interpreter at each live broadcast press conference. Requires the Governor or mayor of a county to provide a primary pool feed for any live official announcement that includes an American Sign Language interpreter in a picture-in-picture window, and does not require broadcasters that rebroadcast the official announcement to independently generate or insert this accessibility feature. Requires, to the fullest extent possible, that the American Sign Language interpreter's face, body, arms, and hands are visible. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2020
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Space Science and Engineering Initiative Workforce Development Program.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2325
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Authorizes a court to modify sentences imposed on juvenile offenders if certain conditions are met and the court finds that, after considering certain factors, the defendant is not a danger to the safety of any person or the community and the modification is in the interests of justice. Establishes procedures, provides for hearings and representation by counsel, and authorizes appellate review. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2005
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Refer
3/19/26
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to operate conservation banks, subject to approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, for situations where a person or entity is required to provide compensatory mitigation to offset adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species as part of an approved incidental take license and habitat conservation plan. Adds the Associate Director of the United States Geological Survey, Ecosystems Mission Area, to the membership of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee. Requires the Endangered Species Recovery Committee to review applications and proposals for conservation banks and conduct subsequent reviews and oversight. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2231
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amends the State Internship and Workforce Development Program for the public sector by expanding the program to the Legislative and Judicial branches; limiting the internships to full-time placements of ten to eleven months; establishing eligibility criteria, application requirements, and selection preferences; and requiring the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to collaborate with coordinating agencies to promote the program and recruit eligible applicants. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2201
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Establishes the Hawaii State Fellows Program within the Department of Human Resources Development to match talented applicants with full-time, paid fellowship roles in various state agencies for a period of 10 to 11 months. Establishes minimum qualifications and procedures for eligible applicants to apply to the program. Gives preference to eligible program applicants who have a pre-existing connection to the State or a demonstrated commitment to long-term leadership in the State. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to coordinate with state agencies to implement and promote the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2090
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
4/8/26
Allows licensed mental health counselors to be appointed as child custody evaluators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2333
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the sale, possession, or use of a pesticide containing one or more neonicotinoid pesticides, under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to evaluate the potential impacts of and adopt any necessary control measures for neonicotinoid pesticide use on pollinating insects, native migratory and resident birds, aquatic organisms, and human health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)