Hawaii House Bill 1439

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Beginning 11/1/2023, establishes a pre-litigation mediation pilot program that extends the period for a notice of termination of the rental agreement from 5 business days to 10 calendar days, requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession, and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10-calendar-day notice to tenants and a mediation center that offers free mediation for residential landlord-tenant disputes. Appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program. Repeals on 11/1/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)

Relating To Eviction Mediation.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]

Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]

Rep. Jackson Sayama [D]

2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-17 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-17 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 2 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-25	Senate	Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
2024-03-22	House	House Conferee(s) discharged.
2024-03-20	House	Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
2024-03-20	Senate	Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 11:00AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-26	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 11:00AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-25	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-23 11:00AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-24	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 11:00AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-24	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839).
2023-04-21	House	House Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto, Sayama, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Aiu, Evslin, Matsumoto.
2023-04-20	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914).
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Rhoads, Kim Co-Chairs; Fukunaga, McKelvey.
2023-04-14	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
2023-04-13	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2023-04-11	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 875) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1747) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-24	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2023-03-24	Senate	Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1394) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2023-03-17	Senate	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, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Richards.
2023-03-17	Senate	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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-13	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN/JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2023-03-09	Senate	Referred to CPN/JDC, WAM.
2023-03-07	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-07	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 228).
2023-03-03	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 979), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-24	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.
2023-02-22	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-17	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
2023-02-17	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 750) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2023-02-15	House	The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen, Onishi, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Gates.
2023-02-13	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-15-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-08	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2023-02-08	House	Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 157) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2023-02-03	House	The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashimoto, Aiu, Kila, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-01	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-03-23 9:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to HSG, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

HB1439 (Carry Over) 2023-04-27 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 11:00AM in conference room 224.
SB1439 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1439&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1439_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1439&year=2024