Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 250)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1515
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/30/26
Refer
3/30/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Refer
4/20/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Enrolled
5/5/26
Authorizes an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination and refer an injured employee for the examination without first obtaining permission from the employee's employer in order to assess the employee's ability to return to work. Allows licensed occupational and physical therapists to be deemed qualified to perform functional capacity examinations. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2065
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Requires county permitting agencies to establish and fill positions exclusively to process permit applications submitted for state projects. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2239
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
3/30/26
Refer
3/30/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Requires a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license to be automatically registered to vote unless the person affirmatively declines, subject to certain conditions. Requires the name and address of a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license and is registered to vote to be automatically updated on the person's voter registration record unless the person affirmatively declines. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2278
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires all outdoor light fixtures to be fully shielded. Creates exemptions for certain outdoor lighting. Repeals the Night Sky Protection Strategy. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2222
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the Department of Education to identify as an excused absence any absence due to the student's mental or behavioral health. Limits the number of excused absences due to mental or behavioral health that a student may take per academic year. Exempts an absence due to the student's mental or behavioral health from the enforcement of penalties relating to compulsory school attendance.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2269
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Establishes the Hanai Memory Network Program within the Executive Office on Aging to create a network of dementia care specialists and support systems to assist individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2088
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/20/26
Refer
3/20/26
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner, to establish and implement a five-year voluntary Nontraditional Workforce Portable Health Care Benefit Plan Pilot Program that offers high deductible health plans or catastrophic health plans to nontraditional workers who are ineligible for health benefits provided by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund or prepaid health care plans under the Prepaid Health Care Act. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2195
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Adds the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2296
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Expands the definition of condominium association to include associations organized under chapter 421J, HRS.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2312
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Amends the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) to require contractors who perform agency functions to retain records following the retention schedule of the agency and to provide the agency access to the records upon request. Establishes that all records retained by an agency function contractor shall be deemed government records for the purposes of the UIPA. Exempts contracts entered into by the Employees' Retirement System. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2274
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Repeals statutory language that currently authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to: (1) inspect a qualifying medical cannabis patient's medical records held by the health provider who issued a written certification for the qualifying patient; and (2) suspend or revoke a health provider's ability to issue written certification for medical cannabis if the provider refuses the foregoing inspection, or if the medical records do not comply with the medical use of cannabis law.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2227
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to award monthly rent supplement payments on behalf of qualified tenants under the State Rent Supplement Program prioritizing certain tenants, including kupuna. Authorizes the HPHA to enter into memoranda of agreement for rental supplement payments with the counties or specialized nonprofit organizations. Amends provisions relating to the State Rent Supplement Program. Establishes the State Rent Supplement Program Special Fund. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assess a transaction tax for each applicable recording in the Office of the Assistant Registrar of the Land Court or the Bureau of Conveyances to be deposited into the State Rent Supplement Program Special Fund. Repeals the existing separate State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna. Establishes four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) permanent public housing specialist II positions and one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent public housing specialist IV position within the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2339
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Makes both the representative of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii and the representative of the General Contractors Association of Hawaii permanent standing members of the State Building Code Council, instead of members who alternate terms every 4 years. Adds members representing the Plumbers and Fitters United Association, Local 675 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1186 to the State Building Code Council. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2066
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Establishes a cooperative working group to address state projects that require county permitting and to explore, research, and make recommendations on streamlining processes. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/19/2042. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1532
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Excludes from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the direct sale of large cigars and pipe tobacco to adult consumers for personal use. Effective 1/1/2027.