| HI | SB1435 | Intro
25% | Beginning July 1, 2026, bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products. Establishes positions and appropriates funds to enforce the ban. Repeals section 328J-11.5, HRS. Effective July 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1368 | Intro
25% | Aligns the State's Money Transmitters Modernization Act with the Model Money Transmitters Modernization Act, thereby enabling Hawaii to work within a network of states to license, supervise, and examine transglobal money transmission companies as a m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1623 | Intro
25% | Requires individual managing agents and employees of entity managing agents to be licensed and imposes certain duties on these individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1256 | Intro
25% | Prohibits restaurants from imposing a mandatory gratuity service charge for the sale of food or beverage services unless the party includes ten or more customers, the service charge does not exceed eighteen per cent, and the customer is notified of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1209 | Intro
25% | Requires the Civil Rights Commission to receive and investigate complaints related to acts of discrimination committed by transportation network company drivers against riders with service animals and report the results of its investigation to the De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB153 | Intro
25% | Requires, for tenancies greater than 90 days, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement 60 days before the expiration of the original rental agreeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1265 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1625 | Intro
25% | Adopts a uniform standard for landscape architecture licensure developed by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1270 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii. Provides for regulation of combat sports. Prohibits no rules combat or similar contests. Repeals chapter 440E, HRS, relating to Mixed Martial Arts Contests. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1162 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a business from requiring cash-only payments on transactions of $25 or more. Authorizes businesses to include any actual convenience fees for credit card or debit card transactions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1416 | Intro
25% | Reduces the time required to store unclaimed personal effects of an evicted tenant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1376 | Intro
25% | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1167 | Intro
25% | Requires the plan of operation for the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to include the filing and litigation of subrogation claims against responsible parties for claims paid by the fund for losses attributable to climate change. Requires insurance rates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1584 | Intro
25% | Requires adult content providers and adult content consumers to register with the Department of Accounting and General Services. Requires the collection of registration fees from adult content providers. Requires adult content providers to charge man...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1280 | Intro
25% | Prohibits covered entities in the State from entering into contracts with drug manufacturers that limit the covered entities' use of contract pharmacies. Voids contract provisions for certain drugs if the provisions are based on the maximum allowable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1576 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the limitation of actions to recover debts related to notes and mortgage notes shall be six years. Prohibits creditors from pursuing deficiency judgments against residential property owners upon completion of a judicial or nonjudicial forec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1650 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the statute of repose to make it clear that the statute applies to contract, tort, and statutory claims. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor. Requires the claimant to provide ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1534 | Intro
25% | Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers. Establishes a surcharge on the general excise tax and use tax for the sale or use of luxury cars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1375 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program to encourage single-family homeowners to retrofit their homes to resist damage by providing for grants to help offset the cost of retrofits. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1618 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Journalistic Ethics Commission within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes a Journalistic Code of Ethics. Requires news media outlets to provide training in the ethics of journalism to journalists and editors in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1590 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1404 | Intro
25% | Increases the tax rates for cigarettes and little cigars beginning 1/1/2026, amends the disposition of tax revenues to certain non-general funds starting from fiscal year 2026-2027, with the excess carrying over to the general fund, and expands the t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1505 | Intro
25% | Establishes a definition for "premium cigar" that is distinct from a "large cigar" and adds a definition for "characterizing flavor" in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Excludes premium cigars from percentage excise tax. Establishes an excise t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1180 | Intro
25% | Requires the State Auditor to conduct management and financial audits of Medicaid health care insurance contractors at least once every two years, with the first audit report to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1371 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission under the Universal Service Program may provide, and may use funds from the Universal Service Fund to provide, free telecommunications access to certain individuals with a print disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1179 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Health Authority to develop a comprehensive plan for the establishment of a universal, single payer health care system to replace all other health care coverage in the State, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Prepaid Health Ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1224 | Intro
25% | Prohibits health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from arbitrarily denying coverage requests for gender affirming health care services when the requested service is known to be considered a standard of care and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1498 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Ombudsman's Office for homeowner associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes an Ombudsman's Office Special Fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1635 | Intro
25% | Requires marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, psychologists, and clinical social workers to complete courses related to domestic violence for licensure and renewals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1542 | Intro
25% | Beginning 7/1/2027, requires app store providers to determine the age category for each of their users in the State and verify their age; provide a mechanism for parents to block minors from downloading unsuitable apps; and obtain parental consent be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1365 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board as the State of Principal License to investigate and request criminal history records of qualified physicians seeking licensing through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB889 | Intro
25% | Relating To Insurance. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB885 | Intro
25% | Relating To Commerce. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB726 | Intro
25% | Requires insurers to notify the Insurance Commissioner of all existing motor vehicle insurance policies and whenever the insurer issues, cancels, terminates, or does not renew a motor vehicle insurance policy. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1148 | Intro
25% | Makes it a deceptive practice to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, with certain exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB831 | Intro
25% | Allows tenants who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to be awarded damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs of the suit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB972 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the sale of flavored nicotine products and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Establishes penalties for violations. Authorizes the Department of Health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1135 | Intro
25% | Prohibit sellers of foreclosed homes from bundling properties at a public sale and requires each foreclosed home to be sold separately. Specifies that the sale of a foreclosed property is not final until either fifteen days after the public sale or f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB707 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Lava Zone Insurance Fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2. Defines lava zones 1 and 2. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB886 | Intro
25% | Relating To Commerce. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB743 | Intro
25% | Grants the Public Utilities Commission the ability to authorize preferential rates for the purchase of renewable energy from facilities that meet certain prevailing wage requirements. Requires public utilities to forward certain requests for preferen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB579 | Intro
25% | Requires utilities to pay distributed energy resources program customers for bill credits generated by the customer that are not used by the customer within 1 year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB842 | Intro
25% | Requires the Insurance Commissioner to develop comprehensive standards and requirements for condominium associations and developers to obtain property insurance through self-insurance and mutual insurance, and examine and evaluate the feasibility of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB591 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the authority of condominium associations to impose fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, house rules, or regulations adopted by the condominium association. Establishes a process for the unit owner or tenant of the unit owner to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB793 | Intro
25% | Requires condominiums and planned community associations to issue monthly damage and repair reports, have a reserve study done every 3 years, have a fully funded reserve, and only spend reserve funds to maintain the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1026 | Intro
25% | Establishes a regulatory framework specifically for pet insurance based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Pet Insurance Model Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB978 | Intro
25% | Amends the definition of draft beer to mean beer in an individual container of five gallons or more.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB945 | Intro
25% | Requires any person providing doula services for compensation or representing or advertising themselves as a certified doula to register with the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes certain rights for certified doulas, including be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1056 | Intro
25% | Restricts how much and how often a landlord may increase rent over the course of a twelve month period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB795 | Intro
25% | Provides access by owners of motor vehicles and independent repair facilities to motor vehicle manufacturer diagnostic and repair information and diagnostic repair tools otherwise made available to dealers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
