Relating To Insurance. [SB-1137]
Beginning 1/1/2026, requires insurers to notify policyholders of rate changes at least 30 days before the effective date of the rate change. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-1137: Relating To Insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Pass First Reading on 03/06/2025
Relating To Housing. [SB-1134]
Requires certain landlords to provide a specified notice to a tenant regarding the tenant's potential right to purchase the property, under certain conditions. Allows tenants, families, local governments, affordable housing nonprofits, and community land trusts forty-five days to match or beat the best bona fide offer to buy an eligible affordable housing property.
SB-1134: Relating To Housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Referred To Hou, Cpn. on 01/23/2025
Relating To Firearms. [SB-862]
Requires retail sellers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.
SB-862: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Psm, Cpn/jdc. on 01/23/2025
Relating To Hotels. [HB-594]
Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors under certain conditions. Allows for recovery of damages by injured consumers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
HB-594: Relating To Hotels.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 748) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Cpc. on 02/14/2025
Relating To Mandatory Prior Written Notice And Consent In Contracts To Provide Cremation Services. [HB-565]
For contracts entered into on or after 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and a disclosure that the person has thirty days to claim the precious metals after receipt of the notice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-565: Relating To Mandatory Prior Written Notice And Consent In Contracts To Provide Cremation Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Garner Shimizu
Reported From Cpc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 417) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Jha. on 02/11/2025
Relating To Privacy. [SB-1038]
Adds a definition for "specified data element" and expands the definition of "personal information". Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
SB-1038: Relating To Privacy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Reported From Ecd (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1380) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Cpc. on 03/19/2025
Relating To Declaration Of Water Shortage And Emergency. [HB-510]
Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies. Limits the duration of a water shortage declaration to ninety days. Limits water usage restrictions imposed on a permittee or owner and operator to twenty per cent of the permittee's or owner and operator's last reported monthly use. Requires CWRM to maintain a list of names and postal or email addresses of persons who request notification of a water shortage declaration and send them a
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HB-510: Relating To Declaration Of Water Shortage And Emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Ichiyama
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, Awa; Aye(s) With Reservations: None ; 0 No(es): None; And 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. on 03/27/2025
Relating To Insurance. [SB-752]
Beginning 1/1/2026, increases the notice period for an insurer to notify a policy holder of a cancellation or nonrenewal of a property casualty insurance policy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-752: Relating To Insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
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, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes With Reservations: None; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; And Excused: None. on 03/25/2025
Relating To Insurance. [SB-802]
Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than 10 per cent. Requires insurers that provide property insurance to file rate schedules and underlying criteria with the Insurance Commissioner. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct periodic reviews of insurance rates and submit annual reports to the Legislature.
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SB-802: Relating To Insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole
Referred To Cpc, Fin, Referral Sheet 19 on 03/06/2025
Relating To The Environment. [SB-617]
Requires, for each draft environmental impact statement, a public hearing in the community directly affected by the underlying proposed action. (SD1)
SB-617: Relating To The Environment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard
Reported From Aen/gvo (stand. Com. Rep. No. 634) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdc/wam. on 02/14/2025
Relating To Mandatory Prior Written Notice And Consent In Contracts To Provide Cremation Services. [SB-525]
Beginning 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries, cemeteries, and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and to obtain written consent before the sale or recycling of any recovered precious metals. Requires mortuaries, cemeteries, and pre-need funeral authorities that have contracted to provide cremation services to give certain notice of updated terms by 1/1/2026.
SB-525: Relating To Mandatory Prior Written Notice And Consent In Contracts To Provide Cremation Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee On Cpn Deferred The Measure. on 02/04/2025
Relating To Voting. [SB-435]
Requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and print voter information guide is available. Requires the notice to be in thirty-two-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot. Requires the Office of Elections to maintain a notice on its website providing certain information about the voter information guide. Requires the Office of Elections to make the digital voter information guide available to the public no later than twenty-one days before the primary election and no later than fifty days
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SB-435: Relating To Voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Jdc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 153) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/10/2025
Relating To Indebtedness To The State. [HB-164]
Requires disbursing officers to notify employees within sixty days of making a determination that an indebtedness has occurred to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment. Amends the amount that a disbursing officer may deduct from an employee's salary, wage, or compensation based on the employee's gross income. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HB-164: Relating To Indebtedness To The State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Sayama
Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referred To Wam. on 03/19/2025
Relating To Fair Scheduling. [SB-358]
Requires employers to provide employees with written notice of the employee's shift schedule at least ten calendar days before the employee is scheduled to work, under certain circumstances. Requires certain employers to pay their employees twice as much as their regular rate of pay for time worked when their shift schedule was not timely given.
SB-358: Relating To Fair Scheduling.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Referred To Lbt, Jdc/wam. on 01/21/2025