Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 241)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2521
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
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
4/8/26
Exempts emergency medical services personnel from commercial driver's license requirements. Requires federal, state, and county firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and law enforcement officers to maintain proof of successful completion of agency-approved or other state-approved training on authorized emergency vehicles. Amends the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" under the State Traffic Code to replace ambulances with emergency medical services vehicles. Expands the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" to include disaster response and recovery vehicles and Department of Health vehicles. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2522
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Exempts positions of a county Housing and Community Development Office or Department from civil service laws.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2505
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Refer
2/3/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Authorizes licensed paramedics in a county with a population of 100,000 or less to administer buprenorphine after administration of an opioid antagonist in cases of opioid overdoses, under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to implement a two-year phased pilot program beginning in one county with a population of 100,000 or less and authorizes expansion of the program statewide as additional treatment resources become available. Requires a report to the Legislature evaluating program outcomes. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2506
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Provides a temporary income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a cesspool to a septic system or an aerobic treatment unit system or connecting to a sewer system. Permits the Department of Health, as a pilot program, to certify no more than two residential large capacity cesspools. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2027. Sunsets 12/31/2032.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2507
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Appropriates general funds into and out of the water pollution control revolving fund to provide additional low-interest loans for eligible projects.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2516
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Establishes a gradient penalty structure for the offense of hindering prosecution in the first degree, based on the level of offense hindered. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2517
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Amends the penalty for the unlawful possession, control, or transfer of a firearm or ammunition in violation of a valid judicial protective order or restraining order by reclassifying the offense from a misdemeanor to a class C felony. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2518
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Includes recklessly causing serious or substantial bodily injury to a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of duty as the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer in the first degree. Increases penalties for the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer in the first degree. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2503
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Refer
2/10/26
Appropriates moneys to support the State's gun buyback program, including at least two gun buyback events in each county. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2504
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for the enforcement of gun violence protective orders. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct public awareness campaigns on gun violence protective orders.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2528
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Increases the expenditure limit and the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments for excess qualifying contributions. Appropriates funds for the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2529
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Amends section 11-364, HRS, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2545
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Report Pass
3/5/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Repeals the 6/30/27 deadline by which the Maui State Veterans Home must be assimilated into a state agency having a Maui affiliation. Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to be completed as soon as practicable. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2546
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Amends the definition of "development" as it pertains to coastal zone management to clarify that certain activities excluded from the definition of "development" are not subject to special management area permit requirements.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2547
Introduced
1/23/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amends the definition of "development," as it pertains to coastal zone management, to exclude any state- or county-funded infrastructure improvement project that is exempted from an environmental assessment or determined as a finding of no significant impact under chapter 343, HRS. Applies only to zones established in Lahaina in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires that have been designated for reentry by the State or county of Maui as of January 1, 2026. Effective 7/1/2050. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (SD1)