Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 313)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB272
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires public schools with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide time and space each day for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and Hawaii Ponoi.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB424
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Reduces the amount the Department of Education is authorized to charge for school meals to all students enrolled in department schools to no more than an unspecified portion of the cost of preparing the meals. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB301
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
3/19/25
Establishes an additional penalty for a dog owner whose dog destroys property while on land zoned for agricultural use. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB446
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority and School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to jointly perform a study regarding the design, construction or purchase, and operations and management of a state hotel. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1071
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Changes the due date of the Department of Education's computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of the legislative regular session.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB225
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Establishes a working group within the Department of the Attorney General to study the issue of squatting in Hawaii and provide recommendations. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB963
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was seventy years of age or older. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB587
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready homes interconnection process, including vehicle-to-grid compliance requirements, by 1/1/2026. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge for cost recovery of certain expenses of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator associated with the grid-ready homes interconnection process. Requires a report to the PUC on the grid-ready homes interconnection process. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB639
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Requires corporations, organizations, or individuals engaging to commercial transactions or trade practices to clearly and conspicuously notify consumers when the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence chatbot or other technology capable of mimicking human behaviors, with certain exemptions. Requires developers that sell, offer for sale, advertise, or make available artificial intelligence chatbots to disclose that their chatbots use artificial intelligence. Authorizes private rights of action. Establishes statutory penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB740
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Establishes the Accessory Dwelling Unit Financing and Deed Restriction Program to allocate funds to the counties for the purchase of equity in an accessory dwelling unit by the State. Specifies eligible homeowners or homebuyers for the Program to finance construction costs, development costs, and non-reoccurring closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit and purchase deed restrictions on the property. Appropriates moneys for infrastructure projects. Sunsets 1/1/2031. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB263
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB726
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Refer
1/21/26
Requires insurers to notify the Insurance Commissioner of all existing motor vehicle insurance policies and whenever the insurer issues, cancels, terminates, or does not renew a motor vehicle insurance policy. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to use the insurance policy information to create an electronic database to provide law enforcement and the courts with instant insurance verification. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1271
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1616
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a feasibility study on establishing dedicated child care centers in state buildings. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1094
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Refer
1/21/26
Requires that any new motor vehicle permitted by law to be equipped with a siren, whether purchased or contracted in the State to be equipped with dual frequency sirens.