Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 5)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2681

Introduced
1/23/26  
Repeals existing law that preempts local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and voids any existing local laws and regulations conflicting with the state law governing smoking. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that governs smoking.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2705

Introduced
1/23/26  
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1854

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Report Pass
5/1/26  
Establishes the Community Behavioral Health Clinics Certifying Office to certify and decertify community behavioral health clinics and provide technical assistance for clinics seeking certification. Establishes the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Oversight Board. Amends the composition of the Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances to include a member from the Community Behavioral Health Clinics Certifying Office. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2722

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires clerks at a voter service center to maintain separate lines for voters with accessibility needs, voters who are newly registering or conducting a change of name or residence, and all other voters unless a line is unoccupied.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1861

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Authorizes counties to sell property through non-judicial foreclosure as a way to collect unpaid civil fines, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2697

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Enrolled
5/6/26  
Chaptered
6/4/26  
Prohibits vehicles from driving on the shoulder of a roadway, except in certain circumstances. Specifies that a vehicle with an expired registration of one or more years may be subject to impoundment. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Increases the fine amount for owners of out-of-state motor vehicles who fail to register the vehicle in the State. Establishes minimum and maximum statutory penalties for violations relating to the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2683

Introduced
1/23/26  
Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that is used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit. Extends the sunset date of the temporary increase in maximum employment-related expenses that are used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit, established by Act 163, SLH 2023, to 6/30/2030. Sunsets 6/30/2030.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2709

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Akamai Arrival Program. Requires DAB to strengthen enforcement of plant and non-domestic animal quarantine and microorganism importations. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1857

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Establishes a broad definition of "qualified health care provider" in numerous areas of existing law. Clarifies and standardizes references to specific health care providers. Updates outdated language to reflect correct terminology. Makes numerous clarifying and conforming amendments to support these changes, including but not limited to chapters related to health, education, insurance, professions and vocations, the pain patient's bill of rights, the Uniform Probate Code, minors, the Child Protective Act, and the Penal Code. Repeals the obsolete Hawaii Health Corps. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2661

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Subjects all nominated, appointed, or elected officers and employees of the State, including members of boards, commissions, and committees; individuals under contract to the State or constitutional convention; and legislators, delegates to a constitutional convention, and justices and judges, and their respective employees, to nepotism prohibitions in the State's Code of Ethics. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2701

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Appropriates funds for the planning, design, site work, and construction of a new outpatient care center in North Kona.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2667

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Amends the prohibition on the use of the far left lane by commercial vehicles on roadways with three or more lanes going in the same direction. Restricts motor vehicles towing a vehicle or trailer from using the far left lane, subject to specified exemptions. Establishes penalties for violations. Applies restrictions and penalties to a county with a population of 500,000 or more. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2674

Introduced
1/23/26  
Authorizes the University of Hawaii to engage in enterprise-related activities for educational purposes.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1867

Introduced
1/26/26  
Clarifies that a person who uses deadly force in self-defense does not have a duty to retreat if they are in their dwelling or on their property, unless they are the initial aggressor. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly force at their place of work.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2664

Introduced
1/23/26  
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish and administer the Construction Worker COVID-19 Hazard Pay Program. Appropriates funds to pay eligible construction workers a one-time payment in recognition for essential labor performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunsets 6/30/2031.