HB 1563 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Summary

Repeals the preemption on county ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1563_HD1 → HB1563_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from House Draft 1 to House Draft 2, updating the author's name and associated metadata dates. The substantive policy language regarding the repeal of preemption for county tobacco regulations was consolidated into a single section, removing a separate section that previously detailed the specific statutory amendment for counties.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on allowing counties to regulate the sale of tobacco products, but the legislative text was streamlined by merging the purpose and the specific statutory amendment into one section.

TECHNICAL

The bill was renumbered from H.D. 1 to H.D. 2, and the author's name was changed from Emma Berman to Michael Ganoot.

The legislative purpose and the specific statutory amendment regarding county authority were merged into a single section, removing the previous separation between the purpose statement and the detailed amendment instructions.

Metadata dates and internal tracking numbers were updated to reflect the new draft version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to HHS/EIG, CPN/JDC.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 136).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 672-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

24 primary · 1 co-sponsor