HB 2219 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND ATTORNEY WORK-PRODUCT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE OMBUDSMAN.

Summary

Specifies that disclosure of communications by an agency to the Ombudsman does not waive any existing attorney-client or attorney work-product privilege pertaining to those communications. Prohibits the Ombudsman from disclosing privileged communications to others. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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HB2219 → HB2219_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB2219 to HB2219 HD1 and assigned to a new sponsor, Patrick Comiso. The effective date of the law was changed from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000. Additionally, the text was updated to capitalize 'Ombudsman' consistently and the bill's metadata was adjusted to reflect these new details.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and metadata were updated to reflect the new bill number (HD1) and sponsor name.

The word 'Ombudsman' was capitalized in the description for consistency.

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Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 610-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Morikawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to LMG, JHA, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors