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in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 2977: RELATING TO A HAWAII CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE PLAN.

Requires the Office of Sustainable Development to establish a Hawaii Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentRequires Hawaii Climate Adaptation Plan with appropriations, advancing climate resilience and environmental protection.95% confidence
Chris Lee (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 3005: RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to establish a Community Action Center in Chinatown. Expenditure contingent upon the City and County of Honolulu providing matching funds. Appropriation.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill appropriates funds for a Community Action Center, directly funding a public service initiative through budget allocation.95% confidence
Chris Lee (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 30, 2026

HB 2157: RELATING TO COMPLEX PATIENT TREATMENT.

Appropriates funds to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health to contract with community-based organizations for a behavioral health complex patient model. Requires a report to the Legislature.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAppropriates funds for behavioral health complex patient model, directly expanding mental health services through community-based organizations.95% confidence
Gregg Takayama (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 30, 2026

HB 2222: RELATING TO CASINO GAMING.

Authorizes limited casino gaming in a single location in the City and County of Honolulu. Establishes the Hawaii Gaming Control Commission. Imposes a wagering tax on the monthly gross receipts received from casino gaming. Establishes the State Gaming Fund. Requires the Hawaii Gaming Commission to create and implement a Compulsive Gamblers Program. Exempts the construction of any casino facility from county special assessments and certain special improvement district requirements. Establishes certain civil service exemptions. Appropriates funds with certain conditions.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesImposes wagering tax and establishes State Gaming Fund, generating new state revenue for budget purposes95% confidence
Daniel Holt (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 2985: RELATING TO PALI LANES.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to acquire by eminent domain the fee simple interest in the Pali Lanes property. Appropriates funds for the just compensation of the acquisition of the fee simple interest in the Pali Lanes property by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Chris Lee (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 2912: RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Defines "low alcohol spirits beverages". Establishes lower tax rates for class 18 small craft producer pub licensees, including for low alcohol spirits beverages. Increases the amount of alcohol that a class 18 small craft producer pub licensee may manufacture. Increases the amount of alcohol a class 18 small craft producer pub licensee may sell to consumers in recyclable containers. Authorizes class 18 small craft producer pub licensees to sell a certain number of barrels of malt beverages, wine, and cooler and low alcohol beverages to any class of licensee, except for class 3 wholesaler dealer licensees.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesEstablishes lower tax rates for small craft producers, providing tax relief under liquor tax policy.90% confidence
Troy Hashimoto (D) Glenn Wakai (D) Angus McKelvey (D) Stanley Chang (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 2304: RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT.

SB 2304 would expand the definition of identity theft to explicitly include fraudulent impersonation or false depictions using artificial intelligence or materially deceptive media. This bill directly affects individuals who commit such identity theft offenses by adding new methods to the legal definition. The bill is currently pending in committee (deferred by the LBT committee on January 30, 2026) and has not yet become law.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyExpands identity theft definition to include AI impersonation, strengthening data privacy protections against tech-enabled fraud and deceptive media misuse.95% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 30, 2026

HB 2203: RELATING TO CREATING A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET.

Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to Hawaii State resident's incomes and not the global economy. Thus providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State.
Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingBill explicitly creates income-linked housing market to ensure affordability relative to wages, directly addressing housing affordability and cost of living.95% confidence
Joe Gedeon (R) Chris Muraoka (R) David Alcos (R) Elijah Pierick (R) Julie Reyes Oda (R)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 2940: RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.

Defines and provides requirements for the use of a portable solar generation device. Requires each portable solar generation device to be registered with the Public Utilities Commission. Provides that electric utility companies are not liable for any damage or injury caused by a portable solar generation device. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish and maintain an online system for registering a portable solar generation device, at no cost to the customer.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill establishes registration for portable solar devices, removes utility liability, and creates free online registration, facilitating renewable energy adoption without restrictions.95% confidence
Angus McKelvey (D) Stanley Chang (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 3098: RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT ORDERS.

Amends section 831-3.2, HRS, to reflect that a person who is arrested for or charged with a crime but convicted of a violation is eligible for an expungement of their arrest record for that incident.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeEnables expungement of arrest records for minor violations, reducing barriers to employment/housing and advancing criminal justice reform by addressing collateral consequences of minor offenses.90% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 30, 2026

SB 3075: RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Permanently exempts specified positions of the Department of the Attorney General and its administratively attached Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission from civil service (chapter 76, HRS) and, for certain positions where the exemption from collective bargaining under chapter 89, HRS, may be unclear, to expressly provide the exemption. Makes housekeeping amendments to section 28-10.5(b), HRS.
Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentExempts attorney general positions from collective bargaining under chapter 89, directly limiting workers' rights to negotiate terms.90% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 30, 2026

HB 2225: RELATING TO HEALTH.

Prohibits discrimination against a pharmacy or pharmacist with respect to participation, referral, reimbursement of a covered service, or indemnification. Establishes beneficiary cost sharing and deductible requirements for prescription drugs. Establishes minimum rates for which pharmacy benefit managers are to reimburse pharmacies for dispensing prescription drugs. For prescription drug benefit plans executed, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after 7/1/2027, requires a pharmacy benefit manager to use pass-through pricing, or may alternatively use spread pricing if any savings realized by the pharmacy benefit manager are passed on.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates fair reimbursement rates for pharmacies from PBMs, prohibits discrimination in referrals/reimbursement, and sets cost-sharing standards to protect pharmacy access and patient medication availability.90% confidence
Cory Chun (D) Adrian Tam (D) Mike Lee (D) Gregg Takayama (D) Sue Lee Loy (D)
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