Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 52)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1619
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Authorizes the Governor to enter into a Cosmetology Licensure Compact on behalf of the State to provide a streamlined process that allows cosmetologists to obtain a multistate license enabling them to practice cosmetology in another state without obtaining a separate license under the laws of that state. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact. Authorizes the Governor to enter into the Compact. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB512
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the State Fire Marshal to establish a Statewide Firefighting Helicopter Program. Appropriates funds for the State Fire Marshal to obtain helicopters, facilities equipment, drones, and supplies; hire and train staff; and do other things necessary to ensure that the Program is ready to begin providing aerial firefighting services on 7/1/2026.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1627
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Clarifies that the monthly needs allowance afforded to individuals living in certain long-term care facilities is not intended to replace or affect funds received as a state supplemental payment for domiciliary care and shall be supplemental to any funds provided to a recipient as a state supplemental payment for domiciliary care. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1481
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Starting on July 1, 2026, requires all applicants for a motorcycle instruction permit to successfully complete a basic motorcycle rider course approved by the Department of Transportation before becoming eligible for the permit. Designates exemptions for certain drivers on an enclosed training course. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1032
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/9/26
Refer
4/16/26
Refer
4/16/26
Refer
4/17/26
Prohibits foreign nationals, foreign corporations, and foreign-influenced business entities from making contributions, expenditures, electioneering communications, or donations for election purposes. Requires every for-profit business entity that contributes or expends funds in a state election to certify that the entity was not a foreign corporation or foreign-influenced business entity when the contribution or expenditure was made. Specifies that if the conditions that determine whether a business entity qualifies as a foreigninfluenced business entity are held unconstitutional by a final judgment, including all appeals, the Campaign Spending Commission is required to establish revised conditions that are constitutional. Requires noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures to obtain a statement of certification from each top contributor required to be listed in an advertisement avowing that no funds were derived from foreign nationals, foreign corporations, or foreign-influenced business entities. Exempts entities engaged in transporting cargo and subject to section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB648
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Requires the Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health to amend its eligibility criteria for the home and community-based services Medicaid waiver to include individuals having an intellectual or a developmental disability and a comorbid mental illness. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB297
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose to obtain an abortion and to obtain or use contraceptives.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB941
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Authorizes pedestrians to cross roadways in a manner contrary to the statewide traffic code under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB443
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Appropriates funds for one retention coordinator position, one internship coordinator position, and student enrollment management initiatives at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB284
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB668
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Refer
1/21/26
Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility on land that is near or above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health. Reduces the required buffer zone around waste or disposal facilities.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1492
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Mobility Management, established pursuant to Act 214, SLH 2013, in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Office on Aging and other stakeholder groups.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB611
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Prohibits the sale, importation, personal use, and commercial use of all fireworks, except consumer fireworks. Removes permitting requirements for consumer fireworks.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1352
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Effective 7/1/2050. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1663
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh senatorial district.