New Hawaii laws taking effect July 1, 2027
7 laws take effect July 1, 2027.
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.
AI (1)
SB 2471 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AG; DCCA; Business Entities; State-Chartered Credit Unions; Corporations; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; Agricultural Cooperative Associations; Consumer Cooperative Associations; Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies; Election Activities; Ballot-Issue Activities; Limitations; Penalties
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
Budget (1)
SB 3096 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
ERS; Unfunded Accrued Liability; Employer Contribution Rates; Increase
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
Civil Rights (1)
HB 1753 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AG; Social Media Platforms; User Accounts; Personal Information; Sensitive Personal Information; Deletion; Deceptive Practices
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
Finance (1)
SB 2053 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Salvaged Motor Vehicles; Transfer; Supporting Documents; Electronic Signature; Indemnification
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
Government (1)
HB 1667 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
State Civil Identification Card; Lowering of Age to Obtain
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
Traffic (1)
SB 321 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Private Streets; Highways; Roads; Subdivider; Title; Fee Simple; Ownership; Community Association
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027
Wages (1)
HB 1661 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Cafeteria Plans; Wage and Salary Reduction Benefit Programs; Flexible Spending Accounts; Public Service; Maximum Contributions; Carryover Limits
How we got this date
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
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, 2027 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