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Relating to Background Checks.

It became law on May 26, 2026.

HI HB 2576 · House Bill · 2026

Stage: Became law
Started in: House
Sponsors: 6
Latest action: May 26, 2026

What it does

Clarifies and streamlines background check requirements for healthcare facility applicants, operators, and direct patient access employees. (CD1)

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Done)
Law (Done)
May 26, 2026

What moved

Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Daisy HartsfieldLead sponsor
Gregg TakayamaLead sponsor
Jenna TakenouchiLead sponsor
Lisa MartenLead sponsor
Sue Lee LoyLead sponsor
Terez AmatoLead sponsor

Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Hawaii.

What an agency writes to carry it outAn agency's name on a lobbying report is not a rulemaking.
Which court can stay or strike itAn opinion listed here is not yet tied to the law it reviewed.
How the place it governs is doingBecoming law is not the result. A number moving is not proof the law moved it.

Work with this bill

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