Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 7)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2693
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Authorizes the issuance of $15 million in general obligation bonds to finance the planning, design, and construction of a 50,000 square foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo international airport. Requires matching contributions from the federal government and private sector. Directs appropriation to be expended by the Department of Transportation. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2660
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Prohibits restaurants from imposing a mandatory gratuity service charge for food or beverage services unless the party includes ten or more customers, the service charge does not exceed eighteen per cent, and the customer is notified of the service charge.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2690
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Requires all health carriers to allocate, initially, not less than 6% of the carrier's total medical expenditures to primary care providers, with the percentage increasingly incrementally to 12%. Requires health carriers to pay primary care providers directly, rather than through administrative mechanisms. Places restrictions on downcoding and claim modifications. Requires health carriers to ensure access to primary care in rural areas, including access to Primary Care Access Visits and Community Access Primary Care Sites. Requires Insurance Commissioner to administer requirements established in bill. Requires the Department of Human Services Med-QUEST Division to apply the Act, to the extent permitted by federal law and subject to any federal approvals, to Medicaid managed care organizations. Requires reports. Requires the Auditor to evaluate the impact of the Act on various metrics 3 years after the measure's effective date. Establishes the primary care stabilization special fund.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2677
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires public charter schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to provide free meals to students whose family income is no more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2670
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services (OCS) of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to award grants for fiscal year 2026-2027 to nonprofit organizations that expand or create new opportunities for residents needing to meet new community engagement requirements to qualify for federal programs. Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants. Requires an applicant for a grant to provide certain documentation on activities that qualify for community engagement hours to qualify for the grant. Appropriates funds for positions in OCS and for the Department of the Attorney General to assist OCS in reviewing contracts and monitoring costs.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2657
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Refer
3/18/26
Refer
3/18/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Establishes the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research Center of Hawaii (Research Center) within the University of Hawaii. Requires the Research Center to be administratively affiliated with the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Requires JABSOM, the Research Center, University of Hawaii Center on Aging, and University of Hawaii at Manoa to identify opportunities to capitalize on collaboration between the parties and maximize operational efficiencies. Requires the Research Center to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1869
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/26/26
Establishes a statewide system for collecting, auditing, and publicly releasing of deidentified hospital discharge data. Requires the State Health Planning and Development Agency to convene a working group. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2666
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2689
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Exempts agricultural ponds and low-risk green stormwater infrastructure from regulations covering retention ponds. Defines agricultural ponds and low-risk green stormwater infrastructure.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2707
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Requires the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience to establish a Center for Biosecurity Research, Education, and Extension to develop and implement innovative solutions for detecting, monitoring, eradicating, and managing invasive species. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2703
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Appropriates funds for the Area-Wide Fruit Fly Suppression Program.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2659
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Prohibits active employees of the University of Hawaii or the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii from serving on the Board of Regents.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1864
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/26/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2026, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2672
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Establishes a five-year pilot program allowing retirants to be rehired for exempt service for one-year terms under certain circumstances. Provides that retirants employed under the program are excluded from the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and will not experience an interruption of pension benefits. Requires an employer of a retirant under the program to contribute to the Employees' Retirement System. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to submit a report to the Legislature. Sunsets 6/30/2031. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2723
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Engrossed
2/11/26
Refer
2/12/26
Report Pass
2/24/26
Refer
2/24/26
Report Pass
4/6/26
Establishes April 27 of each year as State Sheriffs Day to commemorate the establishment of the Office of the Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1846. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)