HB 2602 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO A SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE.

Summary

Establishes the sustainable tourism infrastructure matching grant program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support one-time capital investments that advance measurable sustainability and climate resilience outcomes within the State's visitor industry. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2602_HD1 → HB2602_HD2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to expand the scope of eligible recipients to include bikeshare networks, private nonprofits, and port facilities, and to add cycling and micromobility infrastructure as a specific funding category. Additionally, the text was cleaned to remove a confusing reference to taxing cruise fares and to correct the effective date from the distant year 3000 to a placeholder for future action.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include bikeshare networks, private nonprofits, and port facilities as eligible applicants, and cycling/micromobility infrastructure was added as a specific project type.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'bikeshare networks and operators' and 'private nonprofit organizations' to the list of eligible applicants for the grant program.

Added 'port or harbor facilities' as a distinct category of eligible applicants.

SCOPE

Added 'cycling and micromobility infrastructure' as a specific type of project eligible for funding under the grant program.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the effective date from 'July 1, 3000' to 'July 1, 3000' (placeholder) to fix a likely clerical error in the original draft.

Clarified the description of the 'green fee' to remove an ambiguous reference to taxing 'proceeds from cruise fares' and focus on the transient accommodations tax increase.

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

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 587-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from TOU/ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 62-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to TOU/ECD, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors