HI HB 2188
died on adjournmentRELATING TO HOUSING.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did HI HB 2188 pass?
No. HI HB 2188 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-20): Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 683-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
What is HI HB 2188 about?
Requires landlords or landlord's agents to accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports, if made available by an applicant, and prohibits application fees in such cases. Establishes remedies for refusing to accept those reports. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Who sponsors HI HB 2188?
LA CHICA, AMATO, EVSLIN and 12 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 2188, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Requires landlords or landlord's agents to accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports, if made available by an applicant, and prohibits application fees in such cases. Establishes remedies for refusing to accept those reports. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-28
- Latest action
- 2026-02-20 — Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 683-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- LA CHICAprimary
- AMATOprimary
- EVSLINprimary
- ILAGANprimary
- IWAMOTOprimary
- KAHALOAprimary
- KAPELAprimary
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
- KUSCHprimary
- LOWENprimary
- MARTENprimary
- OLDSprimary
- PERRUSOprimary
- POEPOEprimary
- SOUZAprimary
- Reyes Odacosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-20
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 683-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-02-20
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-10
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-06
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-30
Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5
referral-committee
2026-01-28
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-26
Pending introduction.
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Documents
Votes
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-10 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Matayoshi: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Chun: yes
- Ilagan: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Kong: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Marten: yes
- Tam: yes
- Pierick: yes
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 2959
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