HB 463 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EVICTION RECORDS.

Summary

Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine the ability, best approaches, various issues, and potential impacts of requiring courts to disassociate a residential tenant from an eviction proceeding brought by a landlord in certain circumstances. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action May 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB463_SD1 → HB463_SD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from a first draft (SD1) to a second draft (SD2), primarily changing the bill number and author information. Substantively, the timeline for the judiciary's required study was extended from the 2026 fiscal year to the 2027 fiscal year, and the report deadline was moved from prior to the 2026 legislative session to prior to the 2027 session. Minor text refinements were made to improve clarity regarding tenant rights and system programming assessments.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on requiring the judiciary to study the ability to remove residential tenant names from eviction records, but the implementation timeline has been shifted one year forward.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the judiciary to submit its study report was changed from twenty days prior to the convening of the 2026 regular session to twenty days prior to the convening of the 2027 regular session.

The appropriated funds in Section 3 were updated to cover fiscal year 2026-2027 instead of fiscal year 2025-2026.

TECHNICAL

Minor text edits were made to clarify that tenants face barriers to 'accessing' housing and to ensure consistent formatting of the list of grounds for relief.

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

Amendments

May 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:30 PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 2:25PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:25PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:25PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to HSG, CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 567) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Re-Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPN, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 243).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 677) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 206) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

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