Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 251)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1556
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Short form bill relating to labor.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2361
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Prohibits the sale and distribution of single-use plastic service ware by food and beverage service businesses.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2015
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Temporarily allows each county, by resolution of its county council, to petition for the redistricting of land from an agricultural district to a rural district through the Land Use Commission's declaratory ruling process. Effective 7/1/2027. Sunsets 6/30/2030.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1545
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
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.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2267
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the 911 Board to establish, implement, and maintain a statewide emergency safety profile system that allows residents to voluntarily create and manage secure personal profiles containing information relevant to emergency responses.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2047
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Refer
2/3/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
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
Establishes certain requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, other than health maintenance organizations that own and operate their own pharmacies, that reimburse contracting pharmacies for drugs on a maximum allowable cost basis. Allows contracting pharmacies to reverse and rebill claims if a maximum allowable cost is denied on appeal. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to assess fines for violations. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2091
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Requires the Department of Education to establish a School Bus Driver Recruitment Grant Program. Establishes a School Bus Driver Recruitment Special Fund. Establishes a Repayment Signing Bonus Program. Establishes a School Bus Driver Outreach and Pathway Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2301
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Exempts condominium associations and managing agents from providing documentation not already in existence or preparing forms to facilitate a private sales transaction.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2188
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes the Department of Housing. Places the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority within the Department of Housing for administrative purposes. Replaces the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism with the Director of Housing on the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Effective 7/1/2050.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2055
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Requires the Civil Rights Commission to establish a twenty-four-hour intake helpline to assist individuals who experience or witness civil rights violations in the State. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to compile an annual report and hold an annual public hearing on data obtained through the helpline. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to compile and submit to the Legislature, and post on its website, a monthly preliminary report on data obtained through the helpline. Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of Civil Rights Investigator, Data Analyst, and Program Manager positions within the Civil Rights Commission. Appropriates funds for the Civil Rights Commission to contract with Aloha United Way to implement the twenty-four-hour intake helpline and for website and data development costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2010
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Refer
3/19/26
Part I: Authorizes the impoundment of motor vehicles when certain traffic violations have been alleged or committed. Provides that if a law enforcement officer lawfully stops a motor vehicle and the operator is cited for driving without a valid license, the officer shall not permit the operator to resume the use of the motor vehicle. Requires the motor vehicle to be moved by a licensed driver or towed at the owner's expense. Provides that the cited operator is responsible for arranging the operator's transportation from the scene of the stop. Part II: Imposes a restriction on a person's ability to obtain or renew a driver's license or to register, renew the registration of, or transfer or receive title to a motor vehicle, as a consequence of unpaid monetary obligations, under certain circumstances. Repeals provisions that would have allowed any person prevented from obtaining or renewing a driver's license or motor vehicle registration solely due to failure to pay any monetary assessment to petition the court for a driver's license or motor vehicle clearance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2184
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, to develop and distribute to each public middle and high school in the State guidelines for the establishment and operation of safe spaces for students to access telehealth services on school property during normal school hours. Requires each public middle and high school to establish and maintain a safe space for students according to the guidelines.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2211
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
2/23/26
Report Pass
2/23/26
Engrossed
2/25/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Provides an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services to replace general fund appropriations redirected to provide emergency food assistance during the 2025 federal government shutdown. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to help Hawaii residents obtain insurance available through the federal marketplace. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2140
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/20/26
Refer
3/20/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Authorizes counties to require contractors to disclose employee wage, benefit, hour, and employmentstatus information. Authorizes counties to deny, revoke, or suspend building permits for violations of related laws under certain conditions. Establishes a process by which an owner or developer may replace a noncompliant contractor and transfer the building permit to the replacement contractor. Exempts from the denial, revocation, and suspension, building permit applications submitted by an owner-occupant for work performed on the owner-occupant's residence. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1516
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Requires certain factors to be considered when determining a defendant's financial ability to afford bail. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)