SB 83 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOTELS.

Summary

Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to third-party vendors and prospective and current guests under certain conditions. Prohibits hotelkeepers from imposing any fee, penalty, or other charge and from retaining any deposit of a guest who cancels a reservation if a service disruption is likely to exist during the period of the reservation. Requires any hotelkeeper that violates or causes another person to violate this Act to forfeit to the injured party three times the amount of the sum charged in excess of what the hotelkeeper is entitled to. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB83_SD1 → SB83_SD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a Senate Document 1 version to a Senate Document 2 version, with significant improvements in text formatting, clarity, and structure. The substantive policy content regarding hotel service disruption protections remains largely the same, though some wording was refined for better readability and legal precision.

TECHNICAL

Text formatting was corrected throughout the document, including fixing garbled characters, improving line breaks, and standardizing the layout for better readability.

New metadata and template information was added at the beginning of the document, including document tracking numbers and revision details.

REQUIREMENT

Minor wording adjustments were made to clarify notification requirements, such as changing 'notification of the service disruption' to 'the notification' for consistency.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'service disruption' was slightly reorganized and clarified, particularly around construction work exceptions and utility unavailability thresholds.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to TOU, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 78) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella, Inouye, Richards). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

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.

upper

Feb 21, 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:10AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 387) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT, CPN/JDC.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors