SB 3000: AG; HPIA; HHRF; PROPERTY INSURANCE; SUBROGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE DISASTERS; CLIMATE ATTRIBUTABLE HARM; CIVIL ACTIONS; CLIMATE DISASTER SPECIAL FUND; INSURANCE RATES
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-13
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-03-04: The recommendation was not adopted.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in the name of the people of the State as parens patriae against any responsible party to recover certain costs or obtain certain relief, including costs and losses incurred by the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, or other state entities, resulting from climate attributable harm or costs for risk of future climate attributable harm. Authorizes the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, or any private insurer licensed in the State to bring a civil cause of action against a responsible party to recover its costs and losses resulting from climate attributable harm. Establishes the Climate Disaster Special Fund to collect and disperse funds collected from certain civil actions to be distributed in a certain order of priority. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Discussed in Hearing