HB1970 is a bill in the Hawaii Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Relating to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center.

What is the status of HB1970?

In committee as of May 1, 2026. Latest action: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 229. (May 1, 2026).

Who sponsored HB1970?

Cory Chun (D, 35), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB1970?

On the Hawaii Legislature website: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1970&year=2026

Hawaii legislation · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB1970: Relating to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center.

Q: What does HB1970 do?

In its own words: A bill FORAN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER. SECTION I. The legislature finds that for over fifty years, the Hawaii tumor registry of the university of Hawaii cancer center has served as a vital public health and research resource for the State and provides support for statutorily mandated cancer surveillance. The Hawaii tumor registry is part of the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, which provides approximately eighty per cent of the Hawaii tumor registry's funding, with the remaining twenty per cent coming from the univer.

Status: In committee, May 1, 2026

Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Cancer Center Hawaii Tumor Registry.

What the bill says

A bill FORAN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER. SECTION I. The legislature finds that for over fifty years, the Hawaii tumor registry of the university of Hawaii cancer center has served as a vital public health and research resource for the State and provides support for statutorily mandated cancer surveillance. The Hawaii tumor registry is part of the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, which provides approximately eighty per cent of the Hawaii tumor registry's funding, with the remaining twenty per cent coming from the univer.

From the engrossed text:

A BILL FORAN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER. SECTION I. The legislature finds that for over fifty years, the Hawaii tumor registry of the university of Hawaii cancer center has served as a vital public health and research resource for the State and provides support for statutorily mandated cancer surveillance. The Hawaii tumor registry is part of the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, which provides approximately eighty per cent of the Hawaii tumor registry's funding, with the remaining twenty per cent coming from the university of Hawaii cancer center in compliance with the federal contract's twenty per cent minimum cost-share requirement. The legislature further finds that restrictions in federal funding jeopardize the ability of the Hawaii tumor registry to continue to provide robust cancer surveillance that is critical to the health of the State's residents. Due to an overall reduction in National Institutes of Health funding, the Hawaii tumor registry faces a twenty-one per cent reduction in federal 2026-1873 HB1970 SDl SMA.docx ■vinmiHiiiiiim Page 2 H.B. NO. funding. This reduction in funding will be exacerbated by university of Hawaii cancer center funding restrictions, which will negatively impact its ability to meet the twenty per cent cost sharing requirement. The legislature additionally finds that the Hawaii tumor registry has consistently been recognized as …

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Hawaii HB1970: Relating to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center.

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