Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 324)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3158
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Amends the Hawaii Community College Promise Program (Hawaii promise) to exclude grants, scholarships, and other funding sources from the calculation of Hawaii promise awards, allowing students to apply such funds toward indirect costs, including housing, food, and other living expenses, to reduce financial barriers and support student success. Addresses the change in federal law regarding Pell Grants. Changes Hawaii promise from being a last-dollar award.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3159
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing qualifying priority capital improvement projects.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB316
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires lot owners in subdivisions that are not planned communities to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads. Authorizes counties to assess and collect fees for repair and maintenance of subdivision roads if no courtappointed or deeddesignated entity is authorized to do so. Requires counties to provide certain services to associations. Restricts provisions to counties having a population greater than 200,000 but less than 500,000. Extends the reporting date and sunset date for the working group established pursuant to Act 200, SLH 2022. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3160
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Makes an emergency appropriation for fiscal year 2025â2026 to the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3161
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3162
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Establishes the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Establishes purchasing requirements for crops stored at a strategic food reserve. Establishes the Strategic Food Reserves Advisory Committee. Establishes the Agricultural Market Development Grant Program. Establishes the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program Special Fund. Requires DAB and the Strategic Food Reserves Advisory Committee to submit annual reports to the Legislature, respectively. Establishes a timeline for DAB's implementation of the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3163
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a proceeding to study and implement the Smart Imports Program. Establishes the Smart Imports Program and requires electric utilities to offer excess electricity to consumers during daylight hours at cost for any legal purpose beginning January 1, 2028. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules and establish penalties.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3164
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Eliminates joint and several liability for child welfare service organizations by limiting liability to each organization's percentage share of damages. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3165
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes the Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to expand micro-lending capacity by providing stateâfunded loan loss reserves or other credit enhancement that absorbs first losses on qualified micro-loans made by participating lenders to Hawaii small businesses. Allows borrower fees and state matching contributions to capitalize lender-held loan loss reserve accounts. Establishes the Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Special Fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3166
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent Advanced Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Specialist position and one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent Marketing and Branding Specialist position within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3167
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to procure a third-party consultant to develop a statewide blue economy and ocean technology and innovation strategy. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3168
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Establishes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Revolving Fund to provide state matching funds for federal grants awarded to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation that support innovation, technology, research, and manufacturing initiatives. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3169
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Refer
2/25/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/12/26
Report Pass
3/20/26
Refer
3/20/26
Report Pass
3/30/26
Refer
3/30/26
Establishes a five-year Coastal Resilience Pilot Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the preservation of Mantokuji Bay. Allows the pilot program to be exempt from certain regulatory requirements. Requires the State Historic Preservation Division to conduct a streamlined historic preservation review. Establishes certain procedures for the discovery of Native Hawaiian skeletal remains. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 6/30/3005. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB317
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Establishes the Board of Lactation Consultants of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and requires that lactation consultants be licensed by the board.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3170
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
2/2/26
Establishes the Hawaii Employer-led Sector Partnerships Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support employerâled, demand-driven sector partnerships in the State. Appropriates funds.