Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 237)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB533
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Refer
3/14/25
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support public schools impacted by a local investorâowned electric utility's planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB535
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/26
Establishes an Advisory Committee convened by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Health to inventory lands owned by the United States government which may be reasonably transferred back to the State and to make recommendations on relevant land conditions and appropriateness of potential transfer. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB54
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Adopts the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Welfare.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB540
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires state agencies to establish a Plant-Based-By-Default Program for food and drinks offered at state-operated prisons, state-licensed hospitals, and government-sponsored events. Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Comptroller, and Director of Health to submit annual reports to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Effective 7/1/2026.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB541
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems that had a confirmed release must satisfy by requiring the removal of all jet fuel, including fuel additives and all compounds resulting from the degradation of jet fuel or jet fuel additives or the reaction of jet fuel or jet fuel additives with water or other chemicals. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the detection of these contaminants in the vicinity of an underground storage tank or a tank system after a confirmed release is a result of the confirmed release.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB542
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires certain priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035. Requires priority level 2 and other cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2040, rather than before 1/1/2050, with certain exemptions. Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB520
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Requires the Department of Health to amend its administrative rules to: (1) Authorize not more than five dwellings and dwelling units connected to a single individual wastewater system; and (2) Provide that not more than five bedrooms may be connected to a single individual wastewater system. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB521
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/21/26
Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to work with the appropriate county board or department of water supply to provide access to potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian home lands; provided that any agreement between DHHL and that county board or department of water supply is made available to the public.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB522
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of the Halaula Agricultural Parcel for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB523
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer a Biosecurity Fencing Cost-Sharing Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB524
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire certain parcels. Appropriates funds for the acquisition of those parcels.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB529
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
2/28/25
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for its Hoakea Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB53
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB530
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Establishes Braille literacy as a policy of the State. Requires literacy assessments for eligible low vision and blind students to include Braille instruction and the use of Braille. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt administrative rules. Establishes the Braille Literacy Resource Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB517
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/26
Establishes a Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program within the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and other relevant stakeholders. Establishes the Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program Special Fund. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to adopt administrative rules. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.