In the 2026 legislative session, Indivisible Hawaiʻi Public Policy Action Group championed six issues.
- Migrant rights
- Free & fair elections
- Affordability
- Healthcare
- LGBTQIA+
- Gun safety
We mobilized 266 members, who signed up for the Public Policy Action Group. They supported bills in each of the six issues with written and live testimony, advocacy with key committee chairs and their local legislators, attendance at the Capitol, and rallies. For a case study of our advocacy, please read https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sVDxI__Uw9DbG22wpZZZPZnomWkFM99Y/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=106673110298780737103&rtpof=true&sd=true.
This is a preliminary report of the measures we successfully supported through passage on the floor. (If youʻd like to understand the gauntlet to advance a bill, please read Deep dive into Hawaiʻi's legislative process - IHSN. They are now all in the Governorʻs hands. We will update this page after the Governorʻs review period finishes in July.
Migrant Rights
In January 2026, Indivisible Hawaiʻi joined the Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights (HCIR), the ACLU-Hawaiʻi, League of Women Voters, The Legal Clinic and many more partners to launch the Campaign for Immigrant Justice.
The Campaign moved 5 Migrant Rights bills through passage and they are now ready for the Governor to sign. As the legislative committees were considering these, 7 of the 10 most active submitters of testimony were Indivisibles.
The 5 bills are:
HB1838 U&T Visa Procedure requires agencies to develop standards for offering
HB1839 Trust Act Rights - advise inmates before contact with ICE
HB1870 Protected Locations adopt standards for all state/county facilities in non-public areas
SB2057 Prohibit Assist to Feds for Immigration or 8 USC 1357(g)
SB2125 SD1 DOE Emergency Hires for five years rather than three
Unfortunately, the “No Mask, Wear ID” bills were abandoned after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that a similar California law violated the Supremacy Clause.
Good Government/Free & Fair Elections
For this issue In 2026, Indivisible Hawaiʻi partnered with the League of Women Voters, Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA), and Clean Elections Hawai'i. 4 bills are now ready for the Governor to sign.
SB2471 Limiting the Powers of Artificial Persons--aka Make Citizens United irrelevant in Hawaiʻi
SB2466 Chief Election Officer Termination for Cause Only--protect Chief Election Officer from partisan dismissal
SB2143 Order of Succession for Chief Election Officer--specifies the individuals in the positions who can act as interim Chief Election Officer in the event of vacancy in that position
HB2050 Partial Public Financing of Elections-- Increases the expenditure limit and the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices; also increases the matching fund payments for excess qualifying contributions
Affordability for Working Families
For Affordability for Working Families, Indivisible Hawaiʻi decided to join the Hawaiʻi Tax Fairness Coalition to advocate for tax revenues to pay for the public goods and services working families need and tax credits to make Hawaiʻi more affordable for the working families.
The state legislature passed SB3125 to stop tax cuts for the wealthy and to tax high earners more. SB3125 is enrolled to the governor and expected to be signed. Tax credits for working families, capital gain tax, REITs, and conveyance tax will be worked on again in 2027.
Healthcare Access (including LGBTQ+ Rights)
For Healthcare Access,Indivisible Hawaiʻi partnered with Hawaiʻi Planned Parenthood, ACOG Hawaiʻi (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists), Hawaiʻi Healthcare Safety Net Coalition and Save Medicaid Hawaiʻi.
HB1961 - Protects reproductive rights by making it unlawful for a person to interfere with access to a health care facility.
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HCR6/HR5/SCR7 - Protects reproductive rights by affirming the requirement that all hospitals provide life-saving emergency care for pregnant people, including abortion care.
HB1875 Shield law to protect providers delivering gender-affirming care from abusive litigation.
Gun Safety
For gun safety legislation, Indivisible Hawaii partnered with Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Everytown, and Brady. We supported 9 bills with written, online, and in-person testimony. Two of these made it to the conference stage, but were not assigned conferees, and therefore did not advance.
How To Join
The majority of our Public Policy Action Group had never submitted testimony before 2026. We provide training, sample testimony for each bill, notifications of pending hearings and instructions about the windows for submitting testimony. If you have read this far, youʻre obviously interested in making a difference. Sign up for the Public Policy Action Group to get informed.