Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 323)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB725
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including adult day programs and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB503
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/26
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to incorporate into their assessment process the possession of dam insurance or the active seeking of dam insurance by private dam owners, as part of their valid mitigation strategies, in conjunction with approved modifications or repairs. Authorizes the DLNR to relax any restrictions and stringent standards on a dam or appurtenance upon verification of certain insurance coverage. Authorizes the DLNR to consider a dam, reservoir, or appurtenance is safe absent certain documents. Shifts the burden of proof to the DLNR to find that a dam is categorized as high-risk. Establishes additional requirements for the DLNR and Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB971
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Establishes the Office of the State Architect within the Department of Accounting and General Services to be headed by the State Architect. Authorizes the State Architect to organize, manage, and oversee the design review of all state construction projects and issue design approvals. Establishes the Design Review Special Fund. Requires the State Architect to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature. Authorizes DAGS to provide centralized design review services for state construction projects and issue design approvals through the State Architect. Exempts state construction projects from county building permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy requirements, subject to certain conditions. Makes appropriations.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB352
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impact declaration requirements under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB197
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/21/25
Establishes the Hawaii Space Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB498
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Establishes the Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council. Expands the duties of the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with and support the Council. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1664
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/21/26
Requires the State to prioritize the installation of photo red light imaging detector systems in school zones if the State establishes a photo red light imaging detector system. Requires proceeds of fines collected for disregarding a steady red signal pursuant to a photo red light imaging detector system installed in a school zone to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1303
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Requires each public school to implement a policy to prohibit students from using cellular phones and other wireless communication devices during school hours, subject to exceptions for education, health, and emergencies.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB603
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to convene a working group regarding program design, implementation, and long-term viability of a Native Hawaiian Marketing Program to promote and support the success of businesses owned by Hawaiians through marketing and technical assistance. Effective 7/1/3000.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB156
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Requires certain landlords to provide a specified notice to a tenant regarding the tenant's potential right to purchase the property, under certain conditions. Allows tenants, families, local governments, affordable housing nonprofits, and community land trusts forty-five days to match or beat the best bona fide offer to buy an eligible affordable housing property.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB759
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Adds the Chairperson of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or the Chairperson's designee, to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors. Amends quorum requirements for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1404
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Appropriates funds for residential sewer connection and cesspool closure subsidy pilot programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB417
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Establishes as a class B felony the unlicensed performance of contractor work, during or within 5 years following a national emergency, state of emergency, or disaster proclamation, in an affected political subdivision. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1555
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Adopts the Code of Fair Campaign Practices that candidates may use as a guide for their election campaigns.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1462
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
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
3/19/25
Reenacts the Historic Preservation Income Tax Credit. Establishes an annual cap amount on the tax credit of $1,000,000. Effective 7/1/3000. Sunsets 12/31/2030. (HD1)