Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 356)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2949

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Homeowners Insurance within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Homeowners Insurance Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2916

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Appropriates funds for the planning, designing, environmental studies, site evaluation and selection studies, and permitting conducted relative to a new facility for the State Archives. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3014

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Increases the fines for taking or harassing protected turtles in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2040

Introduced
1/26/26  
Protects minors from addictive content by imposing special requirements for operators regarding consent, notifications, and age verification. Protects minors from having their online personal data processed without parental consent.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3038

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a five-year pilot program to employ and pay incarcerated individuals with fewer than five years left on their sentence the minimum wage. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3015

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Prohibits government entities from making personal information publicly accessible through a publicly accessible information system or publicly accessible source of information, except under certain conditions. Allows individuals who reasonably believe their personal information is publicly accessible through a government entity's publicly accessible information system or publicly accessible source of information to submit a written notice to the entity to require corrective action. Establishes a cause of action to compel compliance. Establishes statutory penalties for intentional noncompliance. Requires government entities to adopt and implement policies and procedures to prevent personal information from being publicly accessible. Requires government entities that own, license, maintain, use, collect, or possess personal information to implement and maintain certain reasonable security procedures and practices to protect the personal information. Requires government entities to provide notice to individuals in the case of a breach of a security system protecting personal information. Requires government entities to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2057

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology to upgrade the driver's license and motor vehicle application systems, subject to a dollar-for-dollar match. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2868

Introduced
1/23/26  
Expands the protections established under Act 2, SLH 2023, to include gender-affirming health care services, including clarifying permitted disclosures of protected health information to address changes in federal regulations. Establishes protections against abusive litigation. Prohibits medical malpractice insurers and health carriers from taking certain adverse actions against health care providers solely on the basis that the health care provider provides lawful reproductive health care services or gender-affirming care services.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2902

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Establishes certain standards for the use of portable solar generation devices and provides certain exemptions from net energy metering and interconnection requirements for devices that meet these standards. Prohibits electric utility companies from requiring customers using portable solar generation devices to obtain approval from the utility, pay any fee or charge, or install additional controls or equipment. Limits the installation of portable solar generation devices to condominiums. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish and maintain an online system for registration of portable solar generation devices. Clarifies that any person who owns, controls, operates, or manages a portable solar generation device that is located on the person's property does not qualify as a regulated public utility. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB3011

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to allow any resident of a public housing project or state low-income housing project to keep one or more pet animals in the resident's unit, subject to applicable state laws, county ordinances, and any reasonable conditions. Prohibits pet animals from being at-large on public housing premises. Provides that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority may charge a refundable deposit for each pet animal but shall not impose a monthly pet fee or pet rent. Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to remove a vicious animal to protect persons or property. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2049

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Restructures the conveyance tax to a marginal rate system for the sale of properties with residential use, adjusts the tax for multifamily properties to reflect value on a per-unit basis, and applies a cost-of-living adjustment to conveyance tax rates. Allocates revenues from conveyance tax collections. Allocates a portion of conveyance tax collections to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to fund infrastructure programs in areas that meet minimum standards of transit-supportive density. Allocates a portion of conveyance tax revenues to the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund, Special Land and Development Fund, and Hawaiian Home Lands Infrastructure and Housing Special Fund. Establishes and appropriates funds out of the Hawaiian Home Lands Infrastructure and Housing Special Fund. Authorizes the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund to be used to acquire land. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2895

Introduced
1/23/26  
Lowers the age to obtain a state civil identification card without a signature from a parent or guardian from eighteen years old to sixteen years old.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2062

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for the efficient processing of temporary restraining orders and gun violence protective orders. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct public awareness campaigns on gun violence protective orders. Effective 7/1/2055. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2121

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale of any disposable electronic smoking devices in the State. Establishes penalties. Effective 1/30/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB2047

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Amends the process for the hiring of the Executive Director of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. Specifies that the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for the appointment, oversight, and administrative authority over the Executive Director of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. Requires any formal position, recommendation, or advisory action of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee to be adopted at a duly noticed public meeting at which a quorum is present. Amends the reporting requirements of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)