Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 313)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1319

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds definition of "green infrastructure". Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force, to submit a report to the Legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines. Establishes full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) policy analyst positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1321

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Requires the counties to adopt the Hawaii state building codes no later than one year after its adoption. Authorizes a county with a population in excess of 500,000 to amend its building energy conservation code to require more stringent energy-saving performance.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1320

Filed/Introduced
4/17/26  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
2/28/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
4/4/25  
Requires the University of Hawaii System to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data. Requires and appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard. Appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1322

Filed/Introduced
1/27/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Restricts the use of solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop written policies and procedures regarding solitary confinement by 7/1/2026. Requires the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to review certain housing placements. Requires the Department to develop policies and procedures to review committed persons placed in solitary confinement and develop a plan for committed persons currently in solitary confinement by 4/1/2026. Requires a report to the Legislature and Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Effective 7/1/2026.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1323

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer certain public lands for agricultural use to the Department of Agriculture without approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture, upon approval of the Board of Agriculture, to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1324

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Requires the Judiciary to contract for legal services for residential tenants in actions or proceedings for possession under certain circumstances. Authorizes attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide legal services to residential tenants. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1326

Filed/Introduced
1/27/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourteenth representative district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1327

Filed/Introduced
1/27/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Provides that any Hawaii-born or Native Hawaiian individual shall qualify for resident fees at state parks, regardless of where the individual currently resides; provided that the individual first presents to the Department of Land and Natural Resources certain documentation.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1328

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Continues a licensing scheme for licensed certified midwives and licensed certified professional midwives, to be overseen by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Reestablishes the home birth task force to provide recommendations on issues related to home births. Dissolves the task force on 6/30/2026. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1325

Filed/Introduced
4/2/26  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Report Pass
4/4/25  
Requires developers developing an affordable housing project under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first refusal of a comparable unit in the housing project or establishing a fund to provide relocation benefits and offer assistance; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first refusal; and establishing procedures to track and maintain communication with those tenants. Establishes consequences for a developer's noncompliance. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1329

Filed/Introduced
1/30/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Requires any state or county department pursuing any major plan or work effort that is likely to significantly affect members of any community to: (1) Conduct a public hearing on the issue, and post notices on the department's website; and (2) Send direct notices of the public hearing to state and county elected officials who have constituents in the community.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1330

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the replacement and relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1389

Filed/Introduced
3/4/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
2/28/25  
Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB139

Filed/Introduced
4/2/26  
Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
2/28/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Refer
3/20/25  
For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2025, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1390

Filed/Introduced
1/27/25  
Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes a licensing system for medical cannabis cultivation. Facilitates the transport of medical cannabis. Expands the scope of authorized actions for medical cannabis patients. Provides that qualifying out-of-state patients need not register with the Department of Health. Protects medical cannabis patients and cultivation licensees from undue discrimination.