SB 2236

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 26, 2026.

Additives in Food; Petroleum-Based Synthetic Food Dyes; Synthetic Chemicals; Prohibited.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-2236

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Committee HHS, CPN

Senate in_committee 2026-01-26

Summary

Beginning January 1, 2027, bans the manufacture, sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any food that contains certain petroleum-based synthetic food dyes and synthetic chemical additives.

Sponsor

Stanley Chang

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-01-26	Status	in_committee
2026-01-26	Latest Action	Referred to HHS, CPN.

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