Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 644
RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- MARTEN (Democratic)
- EVSLIN (Democratic)
- GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
- IWAMOTO (Democratic)
- LOWEN (Democratic)
- OLDS (Democratic)
- PERRUSO (Democratic)
- QUINLAN (Democratic)
- TODD (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Prohibits the distribution, sale, or use of single-use plastic food ware containing plastic with regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances by businesses beginning on 1/1/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 19, 2026 House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Jan 29, 2026 House | The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 17, 2025 · House
Pending introduction. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2 - Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. - Jan 26, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-29-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Jan 29, 2026 · House
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Chun, Quinlan. - Feb 4, 2026 · House
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. - Feb 4, 2026 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1). - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 19, 2026 · House
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Marten, Pierick. - Feb 20, 2026 · House
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 760-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. - Feb 20, 2026 · House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). - Feb 27, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Mar 2, 2026 · House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 881-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka voting no (4) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 7). - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Passed First Reading. - Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Referred to CPN/AEN, JDC/WAM. - Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Re-Referred to CPN/AEN, JDC.