Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 176)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3195
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Requires the Department of Human Services to provide Medicaid and Medicare part D prescription drug program recipients with coverage of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs for weight loss. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3196
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes a Labor Day tax credit for employers of construction workers. Requires any employer of a construction worker to pay the construction worker at a rate that is twice the worker's regular rate of pay for any work performed on Labor Day.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3177
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Authorizes the Director of Finance to invest certain state moneys in short-term investment grade corporate bonds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3178
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes the Board of Education Internal Audit Office to conduct program and fiscal evaluations of the Department of Education's key strategic initiatives to identify program improvements and provide other benefits. Requires the Board of Education to establish a standing committee with a scope that includes audit-related responsibilities. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3179
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Refer
3/20/26
Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps regarding incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB318
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules establishing privacy requirements for direct-to-consumer genetic testing in the State. Requires the Department's rules to specify whether consumers' genetic information may be used for purposes of investigative genetic genealogy.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3174
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Subjects a person who controls, operates, or manages plants or facilities for conveying, distributing, and transmitting water for irrigation and other purposes for public use to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3175
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes a state oversight framework for material health care mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidation transactions. Requires advance notice and public interest review by the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Requires legislative approval, by concurrent resolution, of certain vertically integrated health care transactions that meet specified market share and pricing impact thresholds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3176
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to rehabilitate, remodel, renovate, and repair housing units, including exterior repairs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3143
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Repeals the requirement that health care providers' forms be filed with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) in triplicate. Clarifies the way a physician transmits a treatment plan to an employer. Repeals a reference to the employer's receipt of a vocational rehabilitation plan by mail. Repeals the option of employers to submit reports to the DLIR via United States mail. Repeals the option of health care providers to provide reports to the DLIR or employer via mail.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3197
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Exempts the sale of groceries and nonprescription drugs from the general excise tax. Removes the state income tax on unemployment compensation benefits. Doubles the standard deduction for individuals earning less than $100,000 and joint returns earning less than $200,000. Repeals the incremental increases on standard income tax deduction amounts. Increases the minimum income threshold and exemption amount for the low-income household renters' income tax credit. Removes the tax liability for the first $100,000 of individual income earned.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3198
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes a regulatory framework for continuing care retirement communities and continuing care at home programs. Establishes the Continuing Care Advisory Committee.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3199
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Establishes the Mental Health Emerging Therapies Task Force within the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine to prepare the State for the integration of breakthrough therapies, expansion of pathways for clinical trials and clinical research, and development of policy recommendations for safe, ethical, and culturally informed implementation of emerging therapies. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 1/30/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB320
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of an underlying felony offense. Directs forfeiture proceeds to the general fund. Amends the allowable expenses for moneys in the criminal forfeiture fund. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules necessary to carry out the purpose of the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act. Amends the deadline for the Attorney General to report to the Legislature on the use of the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act. Limits the transfer of certain forfeiture property to federal agencies. Establishes records requirements.