Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 202)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2778
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Requires a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the Legislature, department heads and their deputies, and any spouse or dependent child of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the Legislature, or department head and their deputies to place certain financial interests in a blind trust. Prohibits a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the Legislature, department head and their deputies, and any spouse or dependent child of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of the Legislature, or department head and their deputies from acquiring certain financial interests during their term of service. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2786
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Permits the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to conduct a review of the effect of a proposed project on lands under its jurisdiction on historical properties and burial sites, subject to certain requirements. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2787
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Authorizes the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide loans or grants to eligible individuals to purchase rental units.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2788
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes safeguards, protections, oversight, and penalties for interactions between minors and artificial intelligence companion systems or conversational artificial intelligence services.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2789
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 16th senatorial district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2779
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes recognition of coconut trees as a source of food and water, and as a cultural treasure. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to allow the use of coconut tree seed banks in the State. Requires owners or operators of property where any coconut tree is located to post and maintain a sign that clearly indicates that the coconut tree is a landscape palm. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish labeling standards for non-consumable landscape palms. Establishes an income tax credit for consumable coconut trees maintained through natural management practices.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB278
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Removes state of mind requirement pertaining to a victim's age for felony assaults aggravated by the victim's age. Raises the threshold age from 60 years of age or older to 65 years of age or older.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2780
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Requires any funeral establishment, mortuary, cemetery, crematory, or hydrolysis facility to dispose of the remains of a dead human body no later than sixty days from the date a burial‑transit permit has been issued or from the date of an affidavit for amendment of the permit has been submitted, whichever is later. Specifies that the Department of Health is not required to include specific disposition dates on the permit. Requires the Department to adopt rules.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3029
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/30/26
Refer
3/30/26
Report Pass
4/10/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Report Pass
5/1/26
Enrolled
5/6/26
Requires each county, in collaboration with the Hawaii Community Development Authority, to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community-driven activities. Authorizes each county to consult with the Department of Health. Requires each county to submit an initial proposal to HCDA. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB303
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Amends the sunset date of Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to repeal section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on June 29, 2025.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3030
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes the Hawaii Climate Institute at the University of Hawaii. Transfers the functions of the International Pacific Research Center at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to the Hawaii Climate Institute. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3031
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Renames the Beach Restoration Special Fund as the Beach Preservation and Restoration Fund. Establishes the Special Subaccount of the Special Fund. Requires that all conveyance tax revenues collected from the conveyance or transfer of real property located in whole or in part in a sea level rise exposure area be deposited into the special subaccount of the Special Fund. Allows funds in the special subaccount of the Special Fund to be used to acquire property. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3042
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Refer
2/10/26
Amends repeat offender sentencing provisions to allow sentencing courts, under certain circumstances, to sentence defendants in class C felony cases to probation with appropriate terms and conditions.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3043
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regarding safe and humane hunting practices of feral pigs and hunting dog welfare standards. Establishes requirements for the hunter education program instruction. Includes the use of dogs to torture wildlife or game mammals as torture in the second degree. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3044
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/30/26
Removes references to countdown timers as it relates to pedestrian-control signals, including the requirement that pedestrians must begin crossing a roadway before a countdown timer begins.