HB 2458 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SURVEILLANCE PRICING.

Summary

Requires the Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study to determine the extent to which companies operating in the State deploy surveillance pricing practices. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2458_HD3 → HB2458_SD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was fundamentally rewritten to shift from a prohibition law to a study request. Instead of banning surveillance pricing in food sales, the new version requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to study the issue and report back to the legislature by 2027. The bill also includes an appropriation of funds for this study and changes the effective date to 2077.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from a direct ban on specific pricing practices to a mandate for the state to conduct a study on those practices before taking further action.

ENFORCEMENT

Removed the prohibition against using surveillance pricing in the sale of food and deleted associated fines and penalties.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the Office of Consumer Protection to conduct a study on surveillance pricing practices and submit a report to the legislature.

FISCAL

Added an appropriation of state funds to pay for the required study.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from July 1, 3000, to January 1, 2077, to align with the study timeline.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of 'Food' to include components of food articles and chewing gum.

TECHNICAL

Updated the definition of 'Personally identifiable information' to remove the phrase 'either in its entirety or the last four or more digits' for social security numbers.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to LBT, CPN/WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3354) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to LBT, CPN.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 426).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 759-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 154-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSH, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

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