Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 61)

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1711

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
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  
Amends, for purposes of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's Rent-to-Own Program, the period during which the sales price of a dwelling unit is required to remain fixed from 5 years to a period of up to 10 years. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1712

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Makes both the representative of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii and the representative of the General Contractors Association of Hawaii permanent standing members of the State Building Code Council, instead of members who alternate terms every four years. Adds one representative of the Plumbers and Fitters United Association, Local 675, and one representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1186, as members of the State Building Code Council. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1257

Introduced
1/23/25  
Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish a two-year Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Department of Defense Office of Naval Research. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the Alternative Energy Research and Development Revolving Fund. Sunsets the grant program on 6/30/2027.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1256

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

Hawaii House Bill HB1258

Introduced
1/23/25  
Requires owners or operators of waste combustion facilities to develop a plan to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies at each combustion unit to monitor and sample for certain air contaminants. Requires a publicly available website hosted by the Department of Health to track and display the data collected on the air contaminants. Requires the Department of Health to adjust permit limits for air contaminants based on the data collected. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1260

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
2/28/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Requires each county, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, 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. Requires each county to submit an initial proposal to the Director of Transportation. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1261

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes a tax credit for landlords who charge below-market rent and assesses an additional privilege tax on landowners who charge above-market rent, under certain conditions. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine median market rent for rental units by geographic area for the purposes of the below-market rent tax credit and above-market rent tax.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1262

Introduced
1/23/25  
Adds, as an allowable use of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, economic payments to certain residents who have incurred losses in a disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1264

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility Program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year. Provides for the deposit of fees into an Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund for the creation of a countywide needs assessment of resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 7/1/2032.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1263

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Establishes a Rehabilitation and Re-entry Services Task Force. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1265

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes a Recycled or Waste Inputs Tax Credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/25.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1718

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
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  
Limits mixed-use developments to transit-oriented developments. Repeals the sunset date of Act 45, SLH 2024, thereby making permanent the authority of the counties to share in facilitating the development, construction, financing, refinancing, or other provision of mixed-use developments, including low- and moderate-income housing projects, and issue county bonds before 7/1/2033 for this purpose. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1719

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Establishes that manufactured homes are a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots within the urban district. Limits the use of residential building design elements to deny or discourage otherwise code-compliant manufactured homes. Prohibits homeowners' associations and similar private governing bodies from enforcing covenants that actively or effectively prohibit otherwise lawful manufactured housing. Prohibits counties from requiring manufactured homes that comply with federal manufactured housing standards to also comply with the Hawaii State Building Code or a county building code. Specifies that a manufactured home is considered real property, requiring its transfer, conveyance, and mortgage to follow the same recording and enforcement requirements as other real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB172

Introduced
1/16/25  
Short form bill relating to state workers.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1720

Introduced
1/21/26  
Clarifies that a county employee's code compliance review of plans for construction applicable to the specific engineering field is considered lawful experience in engineering work for purposes of professional engineering licensure.