SB 417 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Summary

Establishes as a class B felony the unlicensed performance of contractor work, during or within 5 years following a national emergency, state of emergency, or disaster proclamation, in an affected political subdivision. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB417 → SB417_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was updated from a draft version to a Senate committee version (SD1) with several substantive changes. The most significant change is the effective date, which was moved from immediate approval to July 1, 2050. The bill maintains its core purpose of making unlicensed contractor work during disasters a class B felony, but the text was cleaned up to remove formatting artifacts and consolidate the legislative findings into a more streamlined format.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same - it targets unlicensed contractors working during or within five years after declared emergencies - but the effective date was significantly delayed from immediate effect to July 1, 2050.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from immediate approval to July 1, 2050, which is a significant delay that may affect when the new penalties take effect.

TECHNICAL

Removed formatting artifacts, page numbers, and metadata from the original document to create a cleaner version suitable for legislative review.

Consolidated the legislative findings section to improve readability and removed redundant text while maintaining the same substantive content.

Cleaned up the statutory amendment language to remove bracketed placeholder text and improve clarity of the proposed changes to Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 436) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads.

upper

Feb 5, 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, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPN/PSM, JDC.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors