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HI SB 89

died on adjournment

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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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • LEEprimary
  • AQUINOprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FUKUNAGAprimary
  • MORIWAKIprimary
  • C.primary
  • ELEFANTEprimary
  • Gabbardcosponsor
  • Kanuhacosponsor
  • Fevellacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-23

    Re-Referred to HHS, CPN/JDC.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-16

    Referred to EIG, CPN/JDC.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  5. 2025-01-08

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HB 156, HB204not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

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