New Hawaii laws taking effect July 1, 2025

HB 1007 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HCDA; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Transit-Oriented Community Improvement Program; Special Fund; Appropriations ($)

HB 1027 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-1; BU-10; Appropriations ($)

HB 1028 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-2; Appropriations ($)

HB 1030 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-4; Appropriations ($)

HB 1031 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-5; Appropriation ($)

HB 1032 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-6; Appropriations ($)

HB 1033 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-7; Appropriations ($)

HB 1035 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-9; Appropriations ($)

HB 1038 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-13; Appropriations ($)

HB 1064 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

State Fire Marshal; State Fire Council; State Fire Codes; State Fire Marshal Selection Commission; Reports; Appropriation ($)

HB 1156 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOT; Harbor Improvements; Special Facility Revenue Bonds

HB 1293 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOE; Procurement; Small Purchases; Local Produce and Packaged Food Products; Written Quotes

HB 1298 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HHFDC; Government Employee Housing; Affordable Rental Housing; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund; Appropriations ($)

HB 1300 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; University of Hawaii Cancer Center; Multiethnic Cohort Study; Appropriations ($)

HB 1439 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment; Legislature; Legislative Branch; Ethics Commission; Auditor; Legislative Reference Bureau; Ombudsman; Legislative Officers and Employees; Collective Bargaining; Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Appropriation ($)

HB 237 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Peer-to-Peer Support Programs; Children; Families; Positions; Appropriation ($)

HB 300 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

State Budget ($)

HB 316 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLNR; Green Jobs Youth Corps Program; Appropriation ($)

HB 396 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary Package; Criminal Proceedings; Court-Appointed Counsel; Fees; Appropriations ($)

HB 400 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary Package; Appropriations; Budget ($)

HB 410 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Package; Budget ($)

HB 430 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Private Sector; Internships; Workforce Development; Workers' Compensation Coverage; Appropriation ($)

HB 506 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Equipment; Oahu Branch; Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Appropriation ($)

HB 650 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DBEDT; FDA; Colored Sea Salt; Appropriation ($)

HB 713 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DHS; Rate Study; Medicaid; Home Health Services; Appropriation ($)

HB 718 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

JABSOM; Faculty and Staff Positions; Appropriation ($)

HB 736 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center; Wastewater System Testing; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)

HB 778 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

OPSD; Integrated Land Use Study; Reports; Appropriation ($)

HB 795 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund; Constitution; Appropriation ($)

HB 879 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Cesspool Upgrade and Conversion; DOH Wastewater Branch; Position; Appropriation ($)

HB 934 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DBEDT; DAGS; DCCA; Broadband Office; Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office; Broadband Revolving Fund; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 1146 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; Ala Wai Canal; Debris Management; Water Quality; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 1304 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOA; Pesticides; Pesticide Drift Monitoring Study; Schools; Appropriations ($)

SB 1422 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Fees; Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund; Birth Defects Special Fund; Repeal

SB 1502 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; UH West Oahu; Business Administration Program; Defense Sector; Workforce Development; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 304 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary; Adult Client Services Branch; First Circuit Court; Appropriations ($)

SB 693 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Agriculture; Food Hub Pilot Program; Appropriations ($)

SB 897 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DCCA; PUC; Energy; Electric Utilities; Aggregate Liability Limit; Securitization; Electric Utility Infrastructure Resilience; Study; Report; Appropriation

SB 933 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Chapter 42F; Grants; Executive Branch; Appropriation ($)

SB 934 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

BUF; Mass Transit Special Fund; State Projects; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriation ($)

SB 960 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DHS; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Positions; Appropriations ($)

HB 1001 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund; Establishment; Appropriations ($)

HB 1002 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; Oversight Coordinator

HB 159 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Civil Service; Exemptions; Contracts; Qualified Community Rehabilitation Programs

HB 648 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary; Guardianship; Conservatorship; Pilot Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)

HB 727 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary; Women's Court Pilot Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)

SB 1365 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center; Hawaii Medical Board; Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; Criminal History Record Checks

SB 1402 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Mooring Lines; Harbor Safety; Collective Bargaining; Exempt Vessels; Commercial Harbors

SB 1491 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOTAX; DBEDT; Data Sharing; Statewide Longitudinal Data Sharing System

SB 1567 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DHRD; Classification and Compensation Systems; Civil Service Positions; Comprehensive Review; Reports

SB 336 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

AG; State Employees; Professionally Licensed; Certified; Duty to Defend

SB 383 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

State Procurement Office; Public Procurement; Small Purchase Procurements; Minimum Threshold; Report

SB 447 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Department of Human Resources Development; Hiring Pilot Program; Reports

SB 935 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

ERS; DHRD; Class H, Tier 2 Members; Vested Benefit Status; Credited Service; Benefits; Judges; Retirement Allowance

HB 1462 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program; Intensive Mobile Treatment Services; Department of Health ($)

HB 302 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; AG; Medical Cannabis; Medical Cannabis Dispensaries; Patient Records; Access; Provider-Patient Relationships; Inter-Dispensary Sales; Criminal Penalties; Nuisance Abatement and Mitigation; Medical Cannabis Registry and Regulation Special Fund; Cannabis Cultivator License; Appropriation ($)

HB 341 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

SPRB; Hawaii Island Community Health Center; West Hawaii Community Health Center, Inc. ($)

HB 474 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Fall Prevention; Older Adults; Appropriation ($)

HB 700 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Cognitive Assessments; Medicare Beneficiaries; Annual Wellness Visits; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Dementia Data Pilot Program; Reporting Requirements; Executive Office on Aging ($)

HB 705 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Kupuna Caucus; EOA; Low-Income Subsidy Programs; Medicaid; Medicare; Medi-Medi Project; Underserved Populations; Community Outreach; Reports; Pilot Project; Appropriation ($)

HB 712 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

AG; Affordable Health Care; Prescription Drugs; 340B Drug Pricing Program; Pharmacies; Covered Entities; Discriminatory Practices; Reports

HB 799 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Health Care; Organized Ambulatory Health Care Facility; Physicians; Report

HB 943 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division; Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program; Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program; Homelessness; Substance Abuse; Mental Illness; Appropriations ($)

SB 1252 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; JABSOM; Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Training; Curriculum; Workforce Development; Positions; Reports; Appropriations ($)

SB 1431 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Viral Hepatitis; Prevention; Awareness; Education; Treatment Support; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 1434 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Universal Immunization Funding Program; Immunization Purchasing; Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund; Appropriation ($)

SB 850 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Developmental Disabilities; Intellectual Disabilities; Health Disparities; Health Equity; Report; Appropriations ($)

HB 145 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Attorney General; HCJDC; Judiciary; Expungement Orders

HB 1482 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; OMCCR; DLE; ATG; Manufactured Hemp Product Distributors; Manufactured Hemp Product Retailers; Registration; Certificate; Inspection; Forfeiture; Nuisance Abatement; Civil Penalty; Violation; Hawaii Hemp Processing Special Fund ($)

HB 280 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Community Outreach Court; Establishment; Homelessness; Department of Law Enforcement; Office of the Public Defender; City and County of Honolulu Office of the Prosecuting Attorney; Appropriations ($)

HB 806 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Fireworks; DLE; Enforcement; Safety; Appropriations ($)

SB 104 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DCR; Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; Correctional Facilities; Committed Persons; Restrictive Housing; Restrictive Housing Legislative Working Group; Restrictions; Report

SB 1373 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DCCA; Registered Sex Offenders; Professional Licenses; Certification; Automatic Revocation and Denial of Application to Renew, Restore, or Reinstate

SB 1452 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Federal Controlled Substances Act

SB 224 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

DCR; Offender Reentry; Identification Documents; Departmental Assistance

SB 264 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary Package; Fitness to Proceed; Penal Responsibility; Private Examiner Compensation; Appropriations ($)

SB 292 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

Sexual Exploitation; Safe Harbor Protections; Medical or Law Enforcement Assistance

SB 428 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Witness Fees; Mileage; Increase

SB 97 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Excessive Speeding; Vehicle; Property Forfeiture; Penalties; Automated Speed Enforcement Systems

HB 1168 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; Board of Regents; Authorization of Revenue Bonds; Capital Improvement Projects ($)

HB 1170 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; Residence for Tuition Purposes

HB 1171 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH; Tuition and Fees Special Fund

HB 133 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOE; Surfing; Appropriation ($)

HB 329 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

School Facilities Authority; School Facilities Authority Board; Public Schools; Early Learning Facilities; Workforce Housing; Recruitment; Appropriation ($)

HB 442 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH West Oahu; Nursing; Appropriation ($)

HB 961 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Education; Librarian Pilot Program; Education; Appropriations ($)

SB 119 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

UH Maui College; Nursing; BS in Nursing Degree; Establishment; Appropriations ($)

SB 1300 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Education; Meal Subsidies; Appropriations ($)

HB 1137 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Restoration of Beach Lands; Beach Restoration Activities

HB 1220 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Kaneohe Bay; Majano Anemone; Invasive Species; DLNR; Division of Aquatic Resources; Appropriation ($)

HB 1348 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

BLNR; Public Lands; Recreation-Residence Use Leases; Public Lottery

HB 345 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Wai ʻŌpae; ʻŌpae ʻUla; Anchialine Pool Ecosystems; Conservation; State Shrimp

HB 969 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; CWRM; Waste Disposal Facilities; Landfill Units; Agricultural District; Buffer Zones; Underground Injection Control Lines; Prohibition

SB 1263 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLNR; HCDA; HHFDC; Historic Preservation; Transient-Oriented Development; State Historic Preservation Division Review; Historic Property

SB 1602 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLNR; Commission on Water Resource Management; Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Pilot Project; Keauhou Aquifer System; Reports; Appropriations ($)

SB 223 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLNR; Forestry and Wildlife; State Fire Council; State Fire Code; Property Owners; Hazardous Fire Areas; Fire Prevention; Community Fuels Reduction Project; Report; Budget; Appropriations ($)

SB 465 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLNR; Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor; Report; Appropriation ($)

HB 1291 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Roasted Coffee; Hawaii-grown Coffee; False Labeling; Fines

HB 1365 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOA; Panaewa Agricultural Park; Panaewa Farm Lots; Environmental Impact Statement; Environmental Assessment; Non-potable Water Wells Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)

HB 496 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HDOA; Māmaki Tea; Labeling Requirements; Position; Appropriation ($)

HB 774 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

ADC; Economic Development; Food and Product Innovation Network; Food Security; DOH; Appropriation ($)

HB 984 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Loan Program; Loan Limits; Interest Rates; Credit Denials; Line of Credit; Import Replacement Loans ($)

SB 1186 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DBEDT; ADC; Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team; Interagency Food Systems Working Group; Reports; Appropriation ($)

SB 1249 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLE; Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Crimes; Agricultural Enforcement Pilot Program; Theft of an Agricultural Product or Commodity; Inspection; Branding; Penalties; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 865 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

ADC; UH; CTAHR; Coffee and Orchard Crops Extension and Applied Research Program; Kona Research Station; Position; Establishment; Extension Agent; Kona Cooperative Extension; Appropriations ($)

HB 529 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

HHFDC; Bond Volume Cap Recycling Program; Line of Credit

HB 97 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

Travel Insurance; Limited Lines Travel Insurance Producers; Regulatory Framework; Licensing; Registration

SB 1044 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HPIA; HHRF; DBEDT; HGIA; Property Insurance; Hurricane Insurance Coverage; Condominiums; Condominium Loan Program; Condominium Loan Revolving Fund; Condominium Loan Loss Reserves Program; Community Development Financial Institutions; Reports; Reimbursable General Obligation Bonds; Appropriations ($)

SB 1367 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Division of Financial Institutions; Installment Lenders; Lenders; Maintenance Fees; Convenience Fees

SB 332 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Foreclosure; Nonjudicial Foreclosure; Power of Sale Foreclosure; Bundled Properties; Public Sale; Prohibition; Eligible Bidders; Subsequent Bids

SB 479 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

B&F; DOH; SCDD; Hawaii ABLE Savings Program; Incentive Payments; Positions; Appropriations ($)

SB 855 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DLIR; Hawaii Retirement Savings Act; Hawaii Retirement Savings Program; Covered Employer; Definition; Automatic Enrollment; Opt-Out Option

HB 431 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DHS; OHHS; Housing; Kauhale Initiative; Ohana Zones Pilot Program; Reporting; Auditor; Coordinator on Homelessness; Director of Human Services; Appropriations ($)

HB 613 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

OYS; Safe Spaces for Youth Program; Homeless Youth and Young Adults; Shelter; Reports; Appropriation

SB 576 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HHFDC; HPHA; Legislative Reports; Public Housing Special Fund

SB 65 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

HPHA; Rehabilitation, Remodeling, Renovation, Repair; Public Housing; Appropriations ($)

SB 739 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Land Exchange; Diversified Agricultural Production; Affordable Housing; Workforce Housing; Housing Development

SB 825 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Judiciary; Eviction Mediation; Prelitigation Mediation Pilot Program; Summary Possession; Landlords; Tenants; Report; Appropriations ($)

HB 1029 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-3; Appropriations ($)

HB 1034 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-8; Appropriations ($)

HB 477 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Hawaii Employment Security Law; Unemployment Benefits; Unemployment Claims; Registration for Work; Electronic Notification

SB 1298 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Electronic Devices; Peripherals; Legacy Devices; Collection; Recycling; Manufacturers; Recycling Plans; Recycling Obligations; Reports

SB 742 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Data Sharing and Governance Working Group; Report ($)

HB 1422 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

Motor Carriers; Motor Carrier Law; Exemptions; Community-Based Organizations; Community-Based Economic Development; Transportation Services

HB 960 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOT; Harbor Improvements; Capital Advancement Contracts; Reports

HB 750 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DOH; Packaging Waste; Needs Assessment; Advisory Council; Extended Producer Responsibility Program; Appropriation ($)

SB 951 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived

DHS; United States Military; United States Department of Defense; Child Protection; Child Abuse or Neglect; Mandatory Reporting

SB 1578 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

DBEDT; Office of International Affairs; Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission; East-West Center; Sister-State Partnerships; Appropriations ($)

HB 957 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

Laulau Day; Day of Observance