Hawaii 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 65)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB213
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Refer
3/19/25
Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2130
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Makes any state-chartered corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, cooperative, nonprofit, or other association lack the legal capacity to make expenditures or contributions in connection with elections or ballot measures. Deems any election or ballot measure expenditure or contribution to be ultra vires or void as a matter of law, triggering administrative forfeiture of charter privileges, including limited liability and perpetual duration, until reinstatement. Effective 1/1/2027.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2131
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Provides that the period of limitations for criminal prosecutions under campaign finance laws commences upon discovery of the offense by the Campaign Spending Commission, rather than being limited to five years from the violation date or report filing date.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2132
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2133
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Requires the State Auditor to conduct audits of Medicaid health care insurance contractors and the Department of Human Services and its Med-QUEST division at least once every two years, with the first audits to be conducted by 1/1/2027, and the reports to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2027. Requires the Auditor to conduct audits. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2134
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Exempts gross income from real property leases from the general excise tax when the lessee is a small business. Makes conforming amendments.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2135
Introduced
1/26/26
Refer
1/28/26
Establishes the Hawaii Farm TEAM Card Program. Establishes penalties for misusage of the Hawaii Farm TEAM Card program. Eliminates the general excise tax for qualifying agricultural materials.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2136
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Designates pricing practices based on surveillance data as unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition in the conduct of any trade or commerce.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2142
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2141
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Refer
2/3/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Increases the number of enterprise zones that may be nominated by each county. Authorizes enterprise zone designation for census tracts that contain the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Allow businesses not established in an enterprise zone to qualify for enterprise zone benefits; provided that they have entered into a binding collaboration or contract with a business that is established in the census tract that contains the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine or the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2143
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes a universal, single payer health care system to be known as "Hawaii Care", to provide comprehensive health care benefits to all state residents and eventually replace all existing health care plans in the State. Designates the Hawaii Health Authority as the responsible agency for the comprehensive planning, implementation, and administration of Hawaii Care. Requires the Hawaii Health Authority to develop and submit a comprehensive implementation and administration plan to the legislature by a certain date. Establishes the Hawaii Care special fund. Requires the Hawaii Health Authority to adopt rules and submit reports to the Legislature. Requires the Governor to appoint members to the Hawaii Health Authority by 12/31/2026. Requires the Department of Human Services to apply for necessary federal waivers. Takes effect 180 days after the approval of the Hawaii Medicaid State Plan and necessary federal waivers. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2144
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Prohibits a financial risk-bearing entity from administering Medicaid services. Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with one or more administrative services organizations to perform non-risk administrative functions for the operation of the State's Medicaid program. Requires the Department to establish a Medicaid Care Coordination Program to contract with community-based programs to provide care coordination services. Requires physicians, other independent practitioners, hospitals, and other institutional providers to be paid or reimbursed directly by the State's medicaid agency. Requires the Department to establish regional health hubs in each county to serve as localized oversight bodies. Requires the Department to convene a Medicaid Stakeholder Advisory Group to support continuous improvement throughout the transition period. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriate funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2145
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Beginning, 1/1/2027, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for medically necessary proton beam therapy for cancer treatment and prohibits imposing stricter clinical evidence standards on proton beam therapy than on other radiation treatments.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2146
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Establishes the sugar-sweetened beverage fee program. Beginning 7/1/2027, imposes a 2 cent per fluid ounce fee on all sugar-sweetened beverages sold in the State and requires all distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages to register with the Department of Health. On or after 6/30/27, prohibits retailers from selling or displaying for sale any sugar-sweetened beverage acquired from a distributor that is not registered with the Department of Health. Requires management and performance audits. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Establishes the Healthy Ohana Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB2147
Introduced
1/28/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Report Pass
2/20/26
Refer
2/20/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Enrolled
3/6/26
Refer
3/10/26
Proposes amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the counties' exclusive power to tax real property, and to authorize the Legislature to establish a state surcharge on real property taxes levied by the counties on certain residential investment properties, for the purpose of helping to fund public education for all of Hawaii's children and adults. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)