STATE BILLHI HB 348ENGROSSED

Relating To Single-use Plastics.

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)

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Mar 4, 2025; 618 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

HI HB 348 · EngrossedMar 4

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Bill details

Last action: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). · Apr 20, 2026

Bill history

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Apr 20, 2026Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).Senate

Apr 20, 2026House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Lowen, Templo Co-Chairs; Gedeon.House

Apr 2, 2026Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).Senate

Apr 1, 2026House Conferee(s) discharged.House

Mar 20, 2026Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).House

Mar 20, 2026Senate Conferee(s) discharged.Senate

Dec 8, 2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Apr 25, 2025Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816).Senate

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Apr 25, 2025House Conferees Changed: Representative Perruso added as Co-Chair. Representative Lowen discharged as Co-Chair.House

Apr 25, 2025Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 411.House

Apr 24, 2025Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:30AM in conference room 411.House

Apr 23, 2025Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:45AM in conference room 411.House

Apr 22, 2025Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).House

Apr 22, 2025Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Gabbard, Keohokalole, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella.Senate

Apr 15, 2025Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).Senate

Apr 14, 2025House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Lowen, Templo Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.House

Apr 11, 2025Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).Senate

Apr 10, 2025House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).House

Apr 8, 2025Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 623) in amended form (SD 1).House

Apr 8, 2025Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Senate

Apr 4, 2025One Day Notice 04-08-25.Senate

Apr 4, 2025Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1741) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.Senate

Apr 1, 2025The 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.Senate

Apr 1, 2025The 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.Senate

Mar 24, 2025The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 21, 2025Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.Senate

Mar 21, 2025Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1291) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.Senate

Mar 18, 2025The 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.Senate

Mar 18, 2025The 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.Senate

Mar 14, 2025The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 6, 2025Referred to EDT/AEN, CPN/JDC.Senate

Mar 6, 2025Passed First Reading.Senate

Mar 6, 2025Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 214).Senate

Mar 4, 2025Passed 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.House

Feb 28, 2025Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1114), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Feb 26, 2025The 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.House

Feb 26, 2025Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 25, 2025The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.House

Feb 21, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 14, 2025Report 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).House

Feb 14, 2025Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 664), recommending referral to FIN.House

Feb 13, 2025The 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.House

Feb 7, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 30, 2025Passed 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).House

Jan 30, 2025Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.House

Jan 28, 2025The 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.House

Jan 23, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 01-28-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 21, 2025Referred to TOU, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1House

Jan 17, 2025Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 16, 2025Pending introduction.House

Recorded votes

Senate Judiciary: Passed, UnamendedApr 1, 2025 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, UnamendedApr 1, 2025 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 18, 2025 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Economic Development and Technology: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 18, 2025 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Personal Care Products
Small Plastic Containers
Lodging Establishments
Prohibition
Fines

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