New Hawaii laws taking effect July 1, 2026
89 laws take effect July 1, 2026.
Of the 563 bills enacted since 2025, 559 have an effective date and 4 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 4, 2026 at 8:25 p.m. EST.
Government (19)
HB 1710 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Historic Preservation; State Historic Preservation Division Review; Historic Properties; Private Properties; Project Review; Review Period
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
HB 1752 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee; HI-EMA; Adjutant General; Administrator; Membership
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1815 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
SFCA; Performing Arts Grants Program; Grants; King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; DAGS; DBEDT; Comptroller; Works of Art Special Fund; Transfer; Positions
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2094 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Judiciary Package; Jury Duty; Juror and Prospective Juror Compensation; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2443 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
HIEMA; Individuals with Disabilities; Access and Functional Needs; Emergency Planning; Position; Appropriations ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2498 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Central and Leeward Oahu Care Home Community Resilience Pilot Program; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Care Homes; Structural and Operational Resilience Improvements; Report; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
SB 1048 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Department of the Attorney General; Solicitation of Funds from the Public; Donations; Charitable Funding Platforms; Platform Charities; Registration
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026; provided that section 10 shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 2050 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Hawaii Board of Chiropractic; Licensure; Chiropractic Students; Clinical Training; Rules; Report
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 2074 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Stadium Authority; Naming Rights; Stadium; Concessions; Marketing; Stadium Development Special Fund
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2075 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Public Procurement; Local Preference; Hawaii Bidders; Hawaii Offerors; Competitive Sealed Bidding; Competitive Sealed Proposals; Debarment; Rules
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2543 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAGS; DOE; Office of the State Construction Manager; Pilot Program; Design Review Special Fund; Positions; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2671 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Counties; Permit Processing; Differential Payments; Salaries; Pilot Program; Reports
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3007 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Office of Community Culture, Arts, and Innovation; DBEDT; Establishment; Positions; Reports; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3022 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
State Archives; Hawaii Leadership Awards Program
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3069 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAGS; Special Project Branch of the Public Works Division; Comptroller's Office; Information Technology Modernization Efforts; Civil Service; Collective Bargaining; Exemptions; Annual Reports
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 3097 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
ERS; Executive Personnel; Civil Service Exemption
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3102 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOT; DCCA; Port Pilots; Licensure; Pilotage Waters; Port Allen; Repeal
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3131 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Private Secretary; Executive Assistant; Secretary; Administrative Assistant
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
SB 3144 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Complaints; Determinations; Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Budget (17)
HB 1801 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DHS; Child Welfare Services; Domestic Violence; Training; Consultation; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1804 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
EOA; UH; Long-Term Care Financing; Long-Term Care Services and Supports; Home- and Community-Based Care; Report; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1969 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DHS; Colorectal Cancer Screenings; Colorectal Cancer Treatment; State-Funded Financial Assistance; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1973 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOH; KupunAloha Pilot Program; In-Home Care Services; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2246 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAB; Agricultural Grant Program; Revolving Fund; Annual Report ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2275 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Operations; Mass Transit Special Fund; Disaster Recovery and Relief; Major Disaster Fund; Appropriations ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2259 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; Hawaii Dementia Initiative Business Recognition Program; Establishment; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2599 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
HCDA; Stadium Development District; Halawa Community Development District; Aloha Stadium; Stadium Authority; Special Fund; Positions; Housing; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2600 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund; Constitution; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2756 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DLNR; DOCARE; Hawaii Island Branch; Equipment; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2802 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
UH; Agricultural Sciences; Bachelor's Program; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2892 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Feral Chickens; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2921 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Non-General Funds; Accounts
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 2930 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAGS; DOE; SFA; DOT; DLNR; State Risk Management Revolving Fund; Wildfires; King Kamehameha III Elementary School; Report; Appropriations ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2934 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOH; Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Central Maui; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3029 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
HCDA; Counties; DOH; Summer Streets Pilot Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3204 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Office of Wellness and Resilience; DHS; Family Resilience Pilot Program; Report; Peer Support Resource Navigators; TANF; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Healthcare (11)
HB 1573 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AG; Electronic Smoking Devices; E-Liquids; Marketing Granted Order; Directory; Penalties
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1853 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Executive Office on Aging; Hanai Memory Network Program; Dementia Care; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1854 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Department of Health; Community Behavioral Health Clinics Certifying Office; Oversight Board; Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1875 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Gender-Affirming Health Care Services; Reproductive Health Care Services; Protections; Abusive Litigation; Medical Malpractice Insurance; Health Carriers; Protected Health Information; Covered Entities
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1974 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
State Health Planning and Development Agency; State Plan on Hearing Loss; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2319 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOH; SHPDA; Function and Responsibilities; Certificate of Need Exemption
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2505 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Assisted Community Treatment; Petitions; Involuntary Hospitalization; Community Mental Health Outpatient Programs
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2576 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOH; Healthcare Facilities; Background Checks; Applicants; Operators
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3025 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Office of Wellness and Resilience; Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3045 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DHS; DOH; Health Insurance; Medicaid; Mandated Coverage; Diabetes; Equipment and Supplies; Continuous Glucose Monitors
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 3324 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DHS; Medicaid; Med-QUEST; Home- and Community-Based Services; Residential Services; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes; Federal Matching Funds; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Education (7)
HB 1890 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Salaries; Teachers; Annual Increases
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1891 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOE; Dyslexia Screening; Universal Screening; Evidence-Based Interventions; Teacher Professional Development ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1894 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOE; Braille Instruction; Braille Instructional Materials; Section 504 Plans; Individualized Education Programs; Braille Literacy Support Services; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2338 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
University of Hawaii; Hawaii Community College Promise Program
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 2339 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
UH; Board of Regents; Authorization of Revenue Bonds; Capital Improvement Projects; Appropriation
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2877 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOE; Student-Authored Book Publication Pilot Program; Kalihi; Nanakuli-Waianae; Grades Four, Five, Six; Report; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3238 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
UH; Language Access Education and Workforce Development Program; Positions; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Finance (5)
HB 1810 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Charitable Solicitation; Professional Solicitors; Non-Perishable Tangible Property; Donations; Payment; Financial Reports; Disclosures; Signage
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 2583 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Program; Credit Enhancement; Loan Loss Reserves; Small Businesses; Special Fund; Reports; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 534 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Uniform Packaging and Labeling; Food Labeling; Country of Origin; Tuna; Raw Processed Ahi; Unfair and Deceptive Practices
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2043 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Insurance Commissioner; Insurance; Captive Insurance Companies; Examinations; Report
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3255 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Cash Transactions; Unfair and Deceptive Practices; Rounding; Pennies
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Agriculture (4)
HB 1707 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAB; Transportation Costs; Shipping Costs; Reimbursements; Position; Appropriations ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
SB 2153 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DAB; Working Group; Bona Fide Farmer; Bona Fide Agricultural Activity; Definitions; Report
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2169 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
ADC; Real Property; Condemnation; Eminent Domain; Agricultural Irrigation or Agricultural Purposes; Exceptions
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3320 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; ADC; Food and Product Innovation Network; Food Safety; Regulatory Integration; Performance Indicators; Market Access; Branding Initiatives; Enterprise Zones; Reports; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Crime (4)
SB 2135 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Nonconsensual Disclosure of Intimate or Private Images; Felony Offense; Penal Code; Minors; Vulnerable Adults
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2175 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Waste Management; Disposable Electronic Smoking Devices; Sale, Offer for Sale, Distribution; Prohibition; Penalties
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2567 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Judiciary Package; Public Employers; Public Servants; Harassment; Temporary Restraining Orders; Injunctions; Pilot Project
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
SB 3083 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Judiciary; DLE; Police; Protective Orders; Law Enforcement; Military; Judiciary; Coordination; Notification
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Housing (4)
HB 1721 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Expedited Permits; Insurance; Additional Insureds; Indemnification; Certificates of Occupancy
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
SB 2001 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
HCDA; Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency; Banyan Drive Community Development District; New Special Fund; Lineal Descendant; Powers and Duties; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2866 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
HPHA; State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 66 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Housing; Counties; Permits; Permitting Agencies; Licensed Professionals; Expedited Permit; Applications; Requirements
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Public Lands (4)
HB 1728 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Counties; Rainwater Catchment Systems
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 830 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
DLNR; SHPD; Review and Comment; Historic Preservation Review; Residential Units; Mixed-Use Development; Third-Party Consultants ($)
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 2 and 3).
Sections 2 and 3: Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 2401 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
OPSD; Regional Shoreline Mitigation Districts; Coastal Erosion; Shoreline Adaptation Pathways Planning; Permits
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3253 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DLNR; Hawaii Conservation Sanctuary; Endangered Species; Wildlife; Conservation
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect upon July 1, 2026.
Traffic (3)
SB 2818 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Boating and Ocean Recreation; Penalties
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 2999 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOT; Clean Fuel Standard; Alternative Fuels; Administrative Rules; Reports
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3234 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DOT; Safe Routes to School; Pedestrian Safety Improvements; Appropriation ($)
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Wages (3)
HB 1509 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Workers' Compensation; Treatment Plan; Response; Penalty
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1514 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Workers' Compensation; Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Certified Providers; Automatic Approval
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
HB 1515 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Workers' Compensation; Functional Capacity Examination; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Defense (2)
SB 2138 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Department of Defense; UH; STAP; Graduate Degree
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
SB 3082 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Military Families; Family Leave; Qualifying Military Exigency
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Taxes (2)
HB 2429 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; Department of Taxation; Taxation; Tax Expenditure Disclosure and Evaluation; Income Tax Credits; General Excise and Related Use Tax Exemptions
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 2360 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; DOTAX; State Enterprise Zones; Qualified Business; State Business Tax Credit; General Excise Tax; Eligible Business Activities; Innovation Enterprises; Retail Sales; Value-Added Agricultural Products; Hawaii Food and Production Innovation Network; Health Care Services; Exemption; Extension; Comprehensive Review; Report
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Affordability (1)
SB 2694 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
PUC; Water Carriers; Tariffs; Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index; Automatic Adjustment Mechanism; Rate Adjustments
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026
Climate (1)
SB 2101 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Department of Health; Counties; Solid Waste Reduction; Organic Waste Diversion
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Foreign Policy (1)
HB 2474 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Legislature; Governor; International Relations; International Cooperative Agreements; Sister-State or Province Partnerships; Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Technology (1)
SB 2907 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
DBEDT; Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Ocean Cluster; Office of Marine Affairs; Marine Affairs Governing Board; Marine Affairs Coordinator; Reports; Transfer
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
Enacted, but not yet dated (4)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 2309ContingentHHCA; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Eligible Transferees and Successors to Homestead LeasesEarlier of the date of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to Congressional Committee Chairpersons that the Act meets none of the criteria in 43 CFR 48.20, or the date congressional approval becomes law
- HB 800ContingentReal Property; Public Lands; Transfer; City and County of Honolulu; DLNR; DAGS; HHFDC; AppropriationsLater of July 1, 2025 or the day after final approval by the city and county of Honolulu of the terms of the transfer of the fee simple interest in land under part II
- SB 1441UnresolvedHHSC; DOH; Oahu Regional Health Care System; Transfer; Repeal; Agreement; Reporttwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
- SB 3218ContingentResilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Bonds; Counties; County Debt Limit Statements; Transit-Oriented Development ZoneUpon approval and upon ratification of a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to allow counties to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds and excluding them from county funded debt determinations