SB 1540

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: February 10, 2025.

Hawaii State Building Code; Counties; Amendments.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-1540

Session 2026

Status failed

Committee PSM, JDC

Senate failed 2025-02-10

Summary

Beginning 1/1/2028, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to remove requirements of the state building codes or add requirements to the state building codes only with prior council approval. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes.

Sponsor

III, Herbert M. "Tim"" Richards"

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Introduced	Bill introduced
2025-02-10	Status	failed
2025-02-10	Latest Action	The committee on PSM deferred the measure.

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