SB 1293 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Summary

Provides the amount of recovery for tenants who prevail in civil suits for a landlord's violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code concerning a dwelling unit within an area that was a federally declared disaster area as of 8/8/2023. Provides for reasonable attorneys' fees and recovery for the cost of the suit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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SB1293 → SB1293_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

SB 1293 was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured data template, with substantive changes to the effective date and description. The bill's effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2050, and the description was updated to include this new date and a reference to SD1. The core policy provisions regarding tenant damages and attorney fees in federally declared disaster areas remain substantively the same.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability remains unchanged; it still applies to landlords in areas that were federally declared disaster areas as of August 8, 2023.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2050.

TECHNICAL

The bill was converted from a traditional legislative text format to a structured data template format with metadata fields.

DESCRIPTION

The bill description was updated to include the new effective date and an SD1 reference.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 441) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPN, JDC.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors