Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 334)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2059
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Prohibits a law enforcement agency from entering into an agreement for the delegation of immigration enforcement authority to a state or county agency.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2318
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Codifies the Agricultural Statistics Program in statute. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1522
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Lengthens the statute of limitations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to one year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2347
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to periodically publish an accessible, multilingual notice of tenant rights. Requires the notice to be included in the informational handbook on the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code maintained by the Office. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of the most recent notice of tenant rights in the tenant's preferred language, if available, and subjects the landlord to a fine for failure to do so. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2224
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, requires each public school in the State, including charter schools, to employ, or retain under contract, at least one mental health professional for every 250 students enrolled, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Department of Education to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2027. Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education to contract for mental health professionals and to establish an unspecified number of fulltime equivalent mental health professional positions within the Department of Education.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2315
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Refer
2/11/26
Report Pass
2/24/26
Engrossed
3/5/26
Refer
3/10/26
Enrolled
3/5/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Proposes to amend article XVII, section 3, of the Hawaii State Constitution regarding the standard for ratification of a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, to provide that proposed amendments shall be effective only if approved at a general election by a majority of all the votes tallied upon the question. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2197
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Replaces the five-year period during which the sales price of a rent-to-own dwelling unit shall remain fixed with an option period established by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2262
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a centralized reporting system for the public to report solid waste pollution complaints. Increases penalties for solid waste pollution violations. Establishes a state-county illegal dumping task force and reporting requirements. Increases penalties for felony and petty misdemeanor disposal of solid waste. Effective 1/30/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2186
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to establish a Statewide Blue Carbon Strategy. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2263
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Establishes a goal for the State to achieve a ranking among the top 10 states in the nation for business competitiveness by 2045. Defines and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to select a "ranking metric" and establishes interim goals. Requires DBEDT to establish a working group to develop and recommend policies that improve Hawaii's business competitiveness. Requires annual reports to Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1547
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
For taxable years beginning 1/1/2026, establishes a tiered nonrefundable tax credit for qualified taxpayer insurers that offer one or more federally qualified health savings accounteligible high deductible health plans in the State, under certain conditions, and increasing the tax credit to incentivize more plans being written in rural medically underserved areas of the State. Requires qualified taxpayer insurers to match up to a certain amount of a policyholder's first-time contribution into a health savings account. Sunsets 12/31/2030.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2200
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Requires the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish a Hawaii Urban Planning Museum. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2271
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Refer
4/20/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules to allow hospitals to demonstrate compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State through accreditation or certification by any accreditation or certification organization approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2096
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Refer
3/19/26
Requires certain wastewater treatment works to test sewage sludge and any other residual material intended for land application for the presence of PFAS. Requires the Director of Health to adopt rules for the monitoring, sampling, testing, and data collection of sewage sludge and other residual material at wastewater treatment works that contain PFAS. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2139
Introduced
1/21/26
Refer
1/22/26
Removes the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee. Adds the Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the EMSAC.