Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 185)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2847
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes a right to repair for wheelchairs.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2848
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts from the sale of hearing aids received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual. Effective 1/30/2050. Implementation effective 1/1/2027. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2849
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Requires certain information to appear at the beginning of notices for public meetings, where applicable. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB285
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/27/25
Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2866
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
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
5/1/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Repeals the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2867
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, fire chiefs, Law Enforcement Standards Board, and Department of Health to provide or require the provision of at least 1 hour of dementia‑specific training for first responders, including law enforcement officers, fire first responders, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to review and recommend dementia-specific training curricula that address the recognition and signs of Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2868
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
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 SB2869
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Amends the existing prohibition on conversion therapy by prohibiting the practice on persons of all ages and the advertisement of such practice. Explicitly provides that talk therapy in the form of pure speech is exempt from the prohibition on conversion therapy. Takes effect upon the certification by the Attorney General that the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the holding in Chiles v. Salazar, 116 F.4th 1178 (10th Cir. 2024).
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB287
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Victim Witness Assistance Program. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2870
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Expands the membership of the Hawaii State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus Commission from eight voting members to eleven.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2871
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Prohibits discrimination based on the perception that a person possesses certain characteristics, the perception that a person is associated with a person who possesses, or is perceived to possess, certain characteristics, or the intersection or combination of two or more specified characteristics in relation to a person. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2872
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Repeals the requirement that retirants rehired as teachers or administrators serve in a teacher shortage area identified by the Department of Education. Requires retirants rehired after 6/30/2026 as teachers or administrators in Department or charter schools to be paid the entry level salary for the teacher or administrator position as negotiated in the collective bargaining unit contract. Prohibits retirants rehired after 6/30/2026 from receiving additional employment benefits. Requires the DOE to adopt rules. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2873
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes uniform statewide requirements for policies and processes for the issuance of U and T visa certifications for noncitizen victims of crime that are consistent with federal laws and regulations governing U and T visas. Requires each state and county certifying entity to adopt a policy and process for the issuance of U and T visa certifications, consistent with those statewide requirements. Appropriate funds for the Department of the Attorney General to provide training to state and county certifying entities so that the policies and processes comply with all federal requirements. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Attorney General for the training.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2874
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Requires state and county law enforcement agencies to notify an individual in the custody of a state or county law enforcement agency of their rights before any interview with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pertaining to certain matters regarding civil immigration violations can commence. Designates all records relating to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to detained individuals provided by a state or local law enforcement agency as public records. Requires state and county law enforcement agencies that have provided the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a detained individual within the previous year to hold two public forums per year.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2851
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
4/8/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Report Pass
4/29/26
Enrolled
5/5/26
Authorizes deaf motor vehicle owners to register their vehicle as being owned by a deaf individual so that a deafness designation appears when a law enforcement officer accesses the motor vehicle's information. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)