SB 698

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 23, 2025.

State Building Codes; Hurricane Protection.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-698

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Committee PSM, WAM

Senate in_committee 2025-01-23

Summary

Requires all newly constructed single-family residences and apartment buildings located within specified geographic areas to be built to withstand certain categories of hurricanes and to contain residential safe rooms with attached bathrooms. Effective 1/1/2026.

Sponsor

Mike Gabbard

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Introduced	Bill introduced
2025-01-23	Status	in_committee
2025-01-23	Latest Action	Referred to PSM, WAM.

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