HI SB 89
died on adjournmentRELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did HI SB 89 pass?
No. HI SB 89 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
What is HI SB 89 about?
Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking.
Who sponsors HI SB 89?
LEE, AQUINO, CHANG and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 89, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Latest action
- 2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- LEEprimary
- AQUINOprimary
- CHANGprimary
- FUKUNAGAprimary
- MORIWAKIprimary
- C.primary
- ELEFANTEprimary
- Gabbardcosponsor
- Kanuhacosponsor
- Fevellacosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-01-23
Re-Referred to HHS, CPN/JDC.
referral-committee
2025-01-16
Referred to EIG, CPN/JDC.
referral-committee
2025-01-15
Introduced and passed First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-08
Pending Introduction.
Versions
- SB89Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 156, HB204not in this corpus
Official source
Attribution
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