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Hawaii 2026

HB 348

RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Fines, Lodging Establishments, Personal Care Products, Prohibition, Small Plastic Containers
Introduced / first action
2025-01-16 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Beginning 7/1/2026 for lodging establishments with more than fifty sleeping room accommodations, and beginning 1/1/2028 for lodging establishments with fifty or fewer sleeping room accommodations, prohibits the provision of personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Lowen, Templo Co-Chairs; Gedeon.

  2. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  3. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  4. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  7. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  8. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 411.

  9. House Conferees Changed: Representative Perruso added as Co-Chair. Representative Lowen discharged as Co-Chair.

  10. Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  11. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:30AM in conference room 411.

  12. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:45AM in conference room 411.

  13. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Gabbard, Keohokalole, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  14. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  15. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  16. House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Lowen, Templo Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  17. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  18. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  19. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  20. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 623) in amended form (SD 1).

  21. Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1741) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  22. One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  23. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  26. Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1291) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

  27. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  28. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  31. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 214).

    introduction, receipt

  32. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  33. Referred to EDT/AEN, CPN/JDC.

    referral-committee

  34. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  35. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1114), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  36. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.

    deferral

  39. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  40. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 664), recommending referral to FIN.

  41. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

    referral-committee

  42. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

  45. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  46. The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 01-28-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  48. Referred to TOU, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  49. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  50. Pending introduction.

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