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SB3000Introduced in the Senate

Relating To Insurance.

Introduced

Introduced by Jarrett Keohokalole, District 24

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in the name of the people of the State as parens patriae against any responsible party to recover certain costs or obtain certain relief, including costs and losses incurred by the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, or other state entities, resulting from climate attributable harm or costs for risk of future climate attributable harm. Authorizes the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, or any private insurer licensed in the State to bring a civil cause of action against a responsible party to recover its costs and losses resulting from climate attributable harm. Establishes the Climate Disaster Special Fund to collect and disperse funds collected from certain civil actions to be distributed in a certain order of priority. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Where it stands

The recommendation was not adopted.

March 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments · March 4, 2026

5

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Joy San Buenaventura2Yes
Stanley Chang9Yes
Karl Rhoads13Yes
Mike Gabbard21Yes
Brenton Awa23Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 10:15AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on CPN deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 10:15AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  6. Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

  7. The committee(s) on CPN has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-10-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  8. The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-11-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.

  10. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2280) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  11. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

  12. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-04-26 10:35AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  13. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  14. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 9 No(es): Senator(s) Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

  15. The recommendation was not adopted.

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