| HB472 | Pass | Authorizes the display of a mobile driver's license to a law enforcement officer on a mobile electronic device, under certain conditions. Limits a law enforcement officer's access to only the information necessary to verify the driver's license crede...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 157, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| SB2153 | Pass | Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to convene a Bona Fide Farmer Working Group to develop multi-tiered, matrix-based definitions for the terms "bona fide farmer" and "bona fide agricultural activity". Requires a report to the Legi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 167, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| HB1391 | Pass | Establishes the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes. Requires the Commission to submit annual reports to the Legislature and Governor. Sunsets 6/30/2031. (CD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 180, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| SB3238 | Pass | Establishes a Language Access Education and Workforce Development Program at the University of Hawaii. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 179, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| SB2892 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu to facilitate the receipt, handling, and humane disposition of feral chickens that have already been caught. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 169, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
| SB1432 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Health to continue providing services statewide to Hansen's disease patients living in the community. Repeals sections of Chapter 326, Hawaii Revised Statutes, upon the 1year anniversary of the passing of the last patient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 171, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| SB2600 | Enroll
Sine Die | Makes a deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264) |
| SB2598 | Pass | Authorizes the use of moneys in certain special and revolving funds for operation and administration costs of related programs. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii agricultural development revolving fund moneys for the acquisition of interests or rights...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 147, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| SB3029 | Pass | Requires each county, in collaboration with the Hawaii Community Development Authority, to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 176, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| SB3097 | Pass | Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System, through its Executive Director, to appoint specified executive personnel positions of the Employees' Retirement System and exempts these positions from the State's civil service requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 149, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB1800 | Pass | Adjusts and requests appropriations for fiscal biennium 20252027 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 175, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| HB2498 | Pass | Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to establish a Central and Leeward Oahu Care Home Community Resilience Pilot Program to assist eligible care home facilities to implement structural and operational resilience...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 146, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB2279 | Pass | Amends the expungement orders law to reflect that a person who is arrested for or charged with a crime but convicted of a violation is eligible for an expungement of their arrest record for that incident. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 152, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| HB2344 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes a temporary, independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive package of school consolidations, realignments, and closures based on the federal Base Realignment and Closure model. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264) |
| HB1661 | Pass | Requires the maximum contribution and carryover amounts for a public service flexible spending account plan to be set annually in accordance with the maximum amounts allowed under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Effective 7/1/2027. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 144, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| HB2095 | Pass | Appropriates supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2025 and ending 6/30/2027. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 178, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| SB3255 | Pass | Authorizes cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents, except for cash transactions that total $0.01 or $0.02, which are to be rounded up to $0.05. Exempts transactions in which payment is made by demand or negotiable instru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 159, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| SB2108 | Pass | Amends the factors a family court is required to consider in deciding whether the family court may waive jurisdiction over a minor or adult held for criminal proceedings for acts committed during the person's minority. Preserves the family court's ju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 153, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| SB2101 | Pass | Updates and establishes additional statewide goals for solid waste stream and organic waste stream diversion. Requires the recycling, bioconversion, and organic waste diversion component to identify and assess methods to achieve certain organic waste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 173, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). |
| SB2721 | Pass | Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 151, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| HB2309 | Pass | Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to include children of a sibling as qualifying relatives of lessees for the purposes of lease transfer and lease successorship, in the same manner currently allowed for spouses, children, gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 164, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| SB2338 | Enroll
Sine Die | Exempts Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation employees from the requirement that their employment actions and job descriptions be subject to approval by the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Requires the Executive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264) |
| HB1854 | Pass | Establishes the Community Behavioral Health Clinics Certifying Office to certify and decertify community behavioral health clinics and provide technical assistance for clinics seeking certification. Establishes the Certified Community Behavioral Heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 145, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HB1721 | Pass | Clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certain certificate of occupancy requirements for purposes of expedited permits. Requires state or county inspectors to inspect all projects with expedited permits. Repeals 6/30/2031. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 177, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| SB3007 | Pass | Establishes the Office of Community Culture, Arts, and Innovation within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes only. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for an Executive D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 174, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| HB2078 | Pass | Requires the Attorney General, in consultation with the Criminal Justice Research Institute, to submit ongoing annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the habitual violent crime offense in addressing repeat violent crime in the Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 155, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| SB2921 | Pass | Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds and programs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 148, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HB1881 | Pass | Prohibits passenger or cargo ropeways in all land use districts, with an exemption for government entities subject to legislative approval. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 172, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| SB177 | Pass | Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an evaluation and authorization process to import and transport aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aqua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 165, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| SB2802 | Pass | Appropriates funds to establish a bachelor's degree program in agricultural science at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu; to fund one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position; and for supplies and equipment to support the programs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 154, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| SB3262 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires that the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board submit three nominees for its Executive Director to the Board of Education. Requires the Board of Education to appoint an Executive Director from the nominees on the list, subject to advice and consent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264) |
| HB1839 | Pass | Requires state and county law enforcement agencies to notify an individual in the custody of a state or county law enforcement agency of their rights before any interview with federal immigration authorities pertaining to certain matters regarding ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 161, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| SB3138 | Pass | Limits the independent audit requirement under the State's Deposit Beverage Container Program to deposit beverage distributors who distribute 5 million or more deposit beverage containers a year. Identifies frequency of obtaining and submitting indep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 158, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| SB411 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to engage in certain capital improvement projects at state small boat harbors and state parks without prior approval from the Legislature and Governor for existing facilities. Requires semiannua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 156, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| HB2429 | Pass | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Taxation, to study the effectiveness of tax expenditures, prepare summary descriptive statistics, submit annual reports to the Legislature...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 160, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HB2475 | Pass | Establishes labeling requirements for kolehao products. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 170, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| HB1870 | Pass | By 1/1/2027, requires all state and county agencies that operate protected community locations to adopt and post written policies that identify nonpublic areas, establish procedures for warrant verification and staff response, prohibit the collection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 162, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| SB3073 | Pass | Specifies the types of cases in which evidence must be retained post-conviction and the process by which evidence may be disposed of earlier than the standard period of retention, which includes a procedure for defendants to oppose the disposal of bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 150, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| HB2474 | Pass | Authorizes the State to enter into nonbinding international cooperative agreements with national governments; national ministries, departments, or agencies; provincial or regional governments; or international intergovernmental bodies relevant to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 181, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| SB3083 | Pass | Requires notification to the security forces of each branch of the military when a protective order is issued in a case involving a military-affiliated individual. Requires the Judiciary, Department of Law Enforcement, and county police departments t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26
Act 163, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| HB1858 | Pass | Amends the various requirements in the event of a fetal death, including registration of certain fetal deaths, filing and preparation of a certificate of fetal death, and issuance of a permit for removal, burial, or other disposition. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 137, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| SB3096 | Pass | Increases employer contribution rate for normal cost and accrued liability for police officers, firefighters, and corrections officers to ensure that the amortization period for the unfunded accrued liability of the State's Employees' Retirement Syst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 134, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HB1548 | Pass | Limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors that are not crimes of violence, or for offenses that are not crimes of violence punishable by up to or not exceeding one year, to three hundred sixty-four days. Allows individuals previously s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 143, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HB1711 | Pass | 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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 129, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| HB2443 | Pass | Integrates the needs of individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs into emergency planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities. Establishes a Disability Integration Specialist position, to be lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 133, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| SB2613 | Pass | Revises tax map key numbers and the conveyance process by which identified properties are conveyed to the Department of Education pursuant to Act 307, SLH 2022. Directs the conveyance to the County of Kauai of certain lands held by the Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 139, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| SB2543 | Pass | Establishes a five-year Office of the State Construction Manager Pilot Program to provide guidance and recommendations on the design review of certain state construction projects that are administered by the Department of Accounting and General Servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 135, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| SB2057 | Pass | Prohibits any law enforcement agency or law enforcement official from entering into an agreement under federal law that permits state or county agencies to engage in immigration enforcement. Prohibits law enforcement agencies and law enforcement offi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 141, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| SB2983 | Pass | Establishes the offense of criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property, punishable as a misdemeanor. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 128, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HB2171 | Pass | Authorizes the University of Hawaii to engage in enterprise-related activities for educational purposes and exempts such activity from certain county zoning requirements, under certain circumstances. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-24
Act 138, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
