HB 2139

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 26, 2022
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating To The Residential Landlord-Tenant Code.

Abstract

Allows a landlord or the landlord's agent, when processing an application to rent residential property, to charge an application screening fee for the cost of requesting a tenant report or credit report for a potential tenant. Requires landlords to refund any unused amount of the application screening fee and, upon request, provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Feb 18, 2022

House

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).

House

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593-22), recommending referral to FIN.

Feb 16, 2022

House

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

Feb 14, 2022

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-16-22 2:00PM in House conference room 329 Via Videoconference.

Feb 08, 2022

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 Representative(s) McDermott excused (1).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Consumer Protection & Commerce

House

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 49-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

Feb 03, 2022

House

The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakamura, Hashimoto, Aquino, Clark, Ilagan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, LoPresti, Takumi, McDermott.

Jan 31, 2022

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Thursday, 02-03-22 9:30AM in House conference room 423 Via Videoconference.

Jan 28, 2022

House

Referred to HSG, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3

  • Referral-Committee
Housing Consumer Protection & Commerce Finance

Jan 26, 2022

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 24, 2022

House

Pending introduction.

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