HB 1798 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES.

Summary

Establishes the class C felony offense of criminal property damage to critical infrastructure facilities. Expands the term "critical infrastructure" to include broadband, wireless, and cable networks. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Feb 17, 2026

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HB1798 → HB1798_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to include House District 1 amendments, which add 'wireless' networks to the list of critical infrastructure and change the effective date to July 1, 3000. Minor text formatting adjustments were also made throughout the document.

Scope change

The scope of the bill was expanded to explicitly include wireless networks under the definition of critical infrastructure, broadening the types of systems protected by the new felony offense.

DEFINITION

Added 'wireless' to the list of critical infrastructure networks, ensuring wireless systems are covered under the new criminal property damage statute.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Updated document metadata, including author names, file versions, and formatting codes.

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Committee

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 292-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to ECD, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors