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Votes at a glance: Hawaii Senate CPN committee decision making, Feb. 4, 2025
Summary
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection considered a series of measures on Feb. 4 and took votes to pass most with amendments, deferred several items, and set a defective effective date of July 1, 2050 for many measures to allow continued drafting and stakeholder work.
On Feb. 4, 2025 the Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection considered a decision‑making agenda of bills heard previously and took the following actions. Where the committee adopted amendments, the committee typically set a defective effective date of July 1, 2050 to allow additional work on implementation and drafting.
Votes and committee actions (summary):
- SB 69 (deposits of public funds): Passed with recommendation to pass; defective effective date 07/01/2050. Chair and vice chair recorded aye votes; measure adopted.
- SB 525 (mandatory prior written notice/consent for cremation services): Deferred; introducer and stakeholders will pursue a concurrent resolution later in the session.
- SB 805 (condominium insurance / mutual insurance company): Passed with amendments adopting Attorney General recommendations; defective effective date 07/01/2050.
- SB 1141 (insurance protections): Passed with amendments expanding references from wildfire to “catastrophic disasters,” requiring insurers to respond to requests at least 60 days before policy renewal, and automatic provision of loss‑run reports at policy year end; defective effective date 07/01/2050.
- SB 493 (veterinarians): Passed with amendments including removal of proposed licensing fees and blanking appropriation language; defective effective date 07/01/2050. (See separate article for full coverage.)
- SB 606 (DCCA business registration forms online / contact info): Deferred (no supporting testimony reported).
- SB 822 (landlord‑tenant injunctions): Passed with amendments to decouple injunctions and summary possession actions and to create a judiciary‑facilitated working group to review the landlord‑tenant code; defective effective date 07/01/2050. (See separate article.)
- SB 825 (eviction mediation): Passed with judiciary amendments requiring mediation within 30 days of contact with the mediation center; defective effective date 07/01/2050. (See separate article.)
- SB 1276 (agriculture / false labeling of roasted Hawaii-grown coffee): Passed with defective effective date 07/01/2050; imposes a $10,000 fine per separate offense as drafted.
- SB 1293 (residential landlord‑tenant disaster-area remedies): Passed with amendments; defective effective date 07/01/2050.
- SB 1369 (Title 24 net solvency report filing requirements): Passed with defective effective date 07/01/2050.
- SB 1373 (administrative licensure actions against registered offenders): Passed with amendments and technical edits; defective effective date 07/01/2050.
- SB 1493 (service animals / ESA notice): Passed with Attorney General and Disability and Communication Access Board revisions clarifying enforcement and documentation requirements; defective effective date 07/01/2050. (See separate article.)
- SB 1662 (residential landlord‑tenant code / application fee limits): Passed with amendments; defective effective date 07/01/2050.
Several measures received technical or non‑substantive edits; others were deferred for further consideration. Where recorded during decision making, the chair and vice chair frequently recorded aye votes; a small number of members were excused or registered reservations on particular items. The committee adjourned after completing the decision‑making agenda.
