HI SB2275

Establishes a pilot architectural paint stewardship program requiring paint manufacturers (producers) to join or establish stewardship organizations to manage post-consumer paint collection, recycling, reuse, energy recovery, and disposal statewide.

Prohibits sale of architectural paint in Hawaii unless the producer participates in an approved stewardship program and provides purchasers with end-of-product-life management information at point of sale.

Creates a uniform statewide stewardship assessment added to the price of architectural paint to fund program operations, with producers collecting and remitting assessments to their affiliated stewardship organization.

Establishes the Product Stewardship Fund administered by the Office of Environmental Quality Control, funded by $10,000 fees from stewardship organizations upon plan submission and $10,000 annually thereafter.

Requires stewardship organizations to submit annual reports detailing collection methods, volumes by disposition type, financial audits, education effectiveness, and environmental impact analysis; program sunsets June 30, 2015 unless made permanent.