Relating To Bicycles.
2026 Regular Session
Requires bike owners to pay an annual registration fee each year.
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Relating To Noise Pollution.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes that a person's conduct that produces, or causes to be produced, noise exceeding a certain decibel level during nighttime hours in any area zoned as residential or mixed-use residential is an unreasonable noise that constitutes the offense of disorderly conduct. Appropriates funds.
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Relating To Deceptive Trade Practices.
2026 Regular Session
Makes it a deceptive practice to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, with certain exceptions.
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Relating To Health Care.
2026 Regular Session
Expands the protections established under Act 2, SLH 2023, to include gender-affirming health care services. Clarifies jurisdiction under the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act for cases involving children who obtain gender-affirming health care services. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Relating To Assisted Reproduction.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes a streamlined procedure for determining parentage in cases of assisted reproduction.
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Relating To The Hawaii Farm To Food Bank Program.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Food Bank Program and Hawaii Food Assistance Program Special Fund to alleviate food shortages in the State. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii Food Assistance Program Special Fund.
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Relating To Taxation.
2026 Regular Session
Excludes from state income taxes the gross income, adjusted gross income, and taxable income derived from tips received by employees.
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Relating To Health.
2026 Regular Session
Requires the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine to construct, establish, and operate a disease and environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Requires a report to the Legislature. Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds. Appropriates funds.
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Relating To Agriculture.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes the Agricultural Development and Food Security Special Fund. Requires a portion of the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to be deposited into the special fund. Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture in an amount equal to three per cent of the State Budget.
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Relating To Deepfakes.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes the crime of unlawful creation or distribution of a sexually explicit deepfake.
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Relating To The Land Use Commission.
2026 Regular Session
Allows the counties to amend district boundaries involving land areas greater than fifteen acres without appearing before the Land Use Commission if the affected lands are included in the County General Plan or County Development Plan. Requests the LUC to update the digital state land use district maps and to encourage transit-oriented development that preserves the character of the State's rural areas.
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Relating To Controlled-environment Agriculture.
2026 Regular Session
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the development of a controlled-environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience's Magoon research and teaching site in Manoa, Oahu. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)
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Relating To Aquaculture.
2026 Regular Session
Prohibits certain octopus aquaculture.
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Relating To Non-compete Clauses.
2026 Regular Session
Prohibits non-compete and non-solicit clauses in employment contracts for employees of restaurants and retail stores. Effective retroactive to 7/1/2015.
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Relating To Consumer Protection.
2026 Regular Session
Prohibits a business from requiring cash-only payments on transactions of $25 or more. Authorizes businesses to include any actual convenience fees for credit card or debit card transactions.
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Relating To Environmental Stewardship Fees.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes the Environmental Stewardship Fee Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through which the DLNR shall, after 7/1/27, collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area. Establishes the Environmental Stewardship Fee Special Fund. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Relating To Nicotine.
2026 Regular Session
Requires the Department of Health to determine standards for safe levels of nicotine in products to ensure the prevention of addiction. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to restrict the sale of any products that contain levels of nicotine that exceed the standards determined by DOH. Authorizes DOH and DCCA to adopt rules.
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Relating To The Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund.
2026 Regular Session
Requires the plan of operation for the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to include the filing and litigation of subrogation claims against responsible parties for claims paid by the fund for losses attributable to climate change. Requires insurance rates for the fund to account for proceeds paid to the fund from subrogation claims.
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Relating To Structural Integrity Assessments.
2026 Regular Session
Establishes and appropriates moneys for the development of a structural integrity assessment program within the Department of Accounting and General Services to inspect certain multi-story structures. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a standardized assessment methodology, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii and Department of Land and Natural Resources, for use in program inspections. Requires the program to begin with assessments of structures in South Maui and West Maui. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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Relating To Community Land Trusts.
2026 Regular Session
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a five-year community land trust equity pilot program to provide community land trusts with a line of credit to fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, or construction of housing for low- to moderate-income households and report to the Legislature regarding the pilot program. Appropriates funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the establishment of the pilot program. (SD1)
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Relating To Invasive Species.
2026 Regular Session
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish rules allowing the sale and distribution of fine mesh nets in the State to protect plants from invasive species. Requires DOA to establish a program to provide certain monofilament netting free of charge to the public to slow the growth and spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Relating To Employer Health Care Requirements.
2026 Regular Session
Requires all health insurers in the State, including Medicaid managed care programs, to cover dental and vision treatment.
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Relating To Elections.
2026 Regular Session
Imposes a fee on the total amount of independent expenditures made by a noncandidate committee during an election period. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
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Relating To Historic Preservation.
2026 Regular Session
Appropriates moneys for one temporary full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) archaeologist position within the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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