HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2026
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Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair |
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Rep. Mahina Poepoe, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Jackson D. Sayama |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Diamond Garcia |
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa |
Rep. Garner M. Shimizu |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
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2:00 PM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve permits for research, education, management, or propagation purposes that include the taking of marine deposits seaward of the shoreline, as long as the resources will be returned to the beach and pose no risk to the environment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Establishes statewide, uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the State for all counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires agricultural tourism activities to be registered by the county planning department. Requires agricultural tourism activities to coexist with an agricultural activity on a farming operation and to be accessory and secondary to the principal farming operation. Establishes a process for the termination of an authorization for agricultural tourism activities upon a determination that the agricultural activity has ceased. Requires report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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TOU/AGR, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS. Requires the counties to allow for the installation and operation of rainwater catchment systems for potable and non-potable uses on all properties. Requires the counties to regulate and enforce standards for the use of rainwater catchment systems. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Prohibits passenger ropeways on mountain lands within all land use districts. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. Establishes penalties, including fines and liens, for an owner of real property's failure to remediate zoning violations. Permits a county planning or permitting agency or the Attorney General to commence foreclosure proceedings if the owner fails to satisfy certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. Makes both the representative of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii and the representative of the General Contractors Association of Hawaii permanent standing members of the State Building Code Council, instead of members who alternate terms every four years. Adds one representative of the Plumbers and Fitters United Association, Local 675, and one representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1186, as members of the State Building Code Council. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO BUILDING MATERIALS. Specifies that no state or county building code shall prohibit the use of hempcrete. Authorizes building officials to approve hempcrete construction that meets applicable safety and performance standards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Between 7/1/2026 and 12/31/2028, authorizes each county planning commission to petition the Land Use Commission for a district boundary amendment to reclassify certain lands within the agricultural district to the rural district through the declaratory ruling process. Repeals 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY. Specifies a process by which property owners may utilize law enforcement officers to remove unauthorized individuals from dwellings. Establishes the criminal offenses of squatting and fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property. Classifies the type of property damage typically inflicted by squatters as a form of criminal property damage in the second degree. Classifies the falsification of documentation typically performed by squatters as a form of unsworn falsification to authorities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSH, JHA |
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RELATING TO SURVEILLANCE PRICING. Prohibits persons from using surveillance pricing in the sale of food. Exemptions certain discounts, loyalty programs, and restaurants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSH, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, PLUS COMMISSION. Expands the membership of the Hawaii State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus Commission from eight voting members to eleven by adding one seat for a person under the age of twenty-nine and one seat each for the appointees of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President, respectively. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSH, JHA |
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RELATING TO TOWING PRACTICES. Establishes a Uniform Towing Practices for Public Parking Facilities Working Group within the Department of Transportation to examine existing state and county laws, ordinances, rules, and administrative practices relating to towing from public parking facilities and develop recommendations for uniform standards applicable to towing from state and county parking facilities. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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TRN, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION. Clarifies administrative driver's license revocation procedures by establishing the notice of administrative revocation as official notice of the starting date for administrative driver's license revocation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Beginning 7/1/27, increases the number of required accessible and van accessible parking spaces in parking lots with more than twenty-five parking spaces that are covered by title II or III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO FARM EMPLOYEE HOUSING. Clarifying the allowable uses within the agricultural district with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG/WAL, AGR, JHA |
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________________________________________ Rep. David A. Tarnas Chair |
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