Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 321)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB518

Introduced
1/21/25  
Prohibits licensed attorneys from representing clients in small claims court.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1125

Introduced
1/23/25  
Authorizes general excise tax exemptions for residential care services provided by certain licensed health care facilities pursuant to a contract with the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/26.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1632

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to establish a comprehensive action plan under the "Yes In My Back Yard" Working Group to establish a local housing market in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1426

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes a definition for "premium cigar" that is distinct from a "large cigar" and adds a definition for "characterizing flavor" in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Excludes premium cigars from percentage excise tax. Establishes an excise tax at a rate of 50 cents per premium cigar.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB146

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB841

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/27/25  
Engrossed
2/28/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and conduct a Marine Life Conservation District Carrying Capacity Program. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a report to the Legislature and adopt administrative rules. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1232

Introduced
1/23/25  
Prohibits counties from permitting or allowing retention and detention ponds to be constructed except under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to inspect retention and detention ponds statewide. Establishes certain safety requirements. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1006

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in lands located with 10 miles of a military installation or land within the State. Establishes an Office of Intelligence within the Department of Defense to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by a prohibited foreign party. Requires the Attorney General to undertake enforcement activities. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB789

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/27/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
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 one-quarter of the cost of preparing the meals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB440

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
2/18/25  
Engrossed
2/27/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Establishes the Future Career and Technical Education Teacher Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of Education to facilitate the recruitment and retention of career and technical education teachers in Hawaii public schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1288

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes the Hawaii Efficient Transitional Homes Commission to provide recommendations for the efficient, effective, and transparent management of transitional homes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB676

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Requires the State's youth and adult correctional facilities to provide free and accessible voice communication services for incarcerated persons in state correctional facilities. Prohibits any state agency from deriving revenue or financial benefit from the provision of communication services to persons confined in state correctional facilities. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish service quality standards and rules for the free voice communication services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB578

Introduced
1/21/25  
Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple violations of the same liquor law by licensees in a county with a population of 500,000 or more, under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB565

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
For contracts entered into on or after 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and a disclosure that the person has thirty days to claim the precious metals after receipt of the notice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB188

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Establishes the State Permitting Office within the Department of Transportation to process building and infrastructure permits for construction of state-owned buildings, state roads and highways, and other construction on state lands. Appropriates moneys.