Getting Reading for the 2026 Legislative Session
Opening Day of the 2025 Legislative Session is Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
New Handouts!! Visit PAR's Current Legislature webpage to see 2026 handouts as they are updated! Newly available:
- 2026 Session Calendar
- 2026 Senate Leadership & Committee Membership (changes to the House Leadership & Committees handout are possible when a new Representative for District 36 is appointed)
- Updated Legislative Directory: Room/Phone/Email list for the 33rd Legislature (2025-2026)
- Updated Reps and Senators Info-at-a-Glance
- .... and more!
Website Handouts to help you prepare for Opening Day
- As you get ready for the 2026 session, don't forget about our Measure Status Page handout to remind you of all the various pieces of information available on the Measure Status summary page from the Legislature's website. [from PAR's Using the Legislature's Website webpage]
- Updated How to... Find Bills
- Updated Website Guide
We'll continue to add updated handouts to our Current Legislature webpage as the information becomes available.
Public Zoom Workshops
We've scheduled our January 2026 public zoom workshops. These will be recorded, so even if you can't attend, go ahead and register and we'll email the recording to those that registered after each session.
- Wednesday, 1/7/26 Your Voice: Participating at the Hawaii State Legislature
- Tuesday, 1/13/26 Legislative Calendar & Deadlines
- Wednesday, 1/14/26 Get to Know the Legislature's Website
includes info on **New Primary Search for 2026**
NEW Primary Search
The Capitol webmaster team rolled out a new Primary Search bar at the top of capitol.hawaii.gov in early December. The majority of the legislature's website looks and works the same (including Reports and Lists options), but the new Primary Search is a huge improvement over the previous keyword search.
Filtering by Documents content type will search entire PDFs. If you want to search the entire text of a bill (including past versions) or look for testimony, GIA applications, committee reports, session laws and more - select Documents as the content type, or look for the Documents filter on the left side bar of the results screen on a PC (if using your phone to search results may look different).
