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HI SB 822

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 822 pass?

No. HI SB 822 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 (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI SB 822 about?

Establishes a three-year Residential Landlord-Tenant Code Working Group within the Judiciary. Requires an initial report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2026 and a final report no later than 7/1/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Who sponsors HI SB 822?

HASHIMOTO, CHANG are the primary sponsors of HI SB 822.

Description

Establishes a three-year Residential Landlord-Tenant Code Working Group within the Judiciary. Requires an initial report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2026 and a final report no later than 7/1/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • CHANGprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-17

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Chang, Fukunaga.

  7. 2025-04-17

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 829).

    receipt

  8. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

    receipt

  9. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  10. 2025-04-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 658).

    introduction,receipt

  11. 2025-04-10

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  12. 2025-04-10

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).

    receipt

  13. 2025-04-08

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

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  14. 2025-04-04

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2030) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. 2025-04-04

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.

  16. 2025-04-02

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-03-28

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. 2025-03-21

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1477) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  19. 2025-03-21

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

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  20. 2025-03-18

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tam, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  23. 2025-03-06

    Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-03-04

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  25. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 203) in amended form (SD 2).

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  26. 2025-02-28

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1016) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  27. 2025-02-28

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  28. 2025-02-20

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-02-18

    The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 10:01AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  30. 2025-02-12

    Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 383) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  31. 2025-02-12

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

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  32. 2025-02-04

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-01-30

    The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  34. 2025-01-23

    Referred to CPN, JDC.

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  35. 2025-01-21

    Passed First Reading.

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  36. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-04 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: no
    • Richards: not voting
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-20 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: no
    • Gabbard: not voting
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-03-04 · pass · 24-1

  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Tam: not voting
    • Pierick: not voting
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Cochran: not voting

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