STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2932

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2419

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2419 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require each county with a population of 200,000 or less to establish and submit a legislative report on a five-year pilot project that regulates hosting platforms that provide transient accommodation booking services.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, a member of the Maui County Council, and Maui Hotel and Lodging Association.

Your Committees received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Planning of the County of Kauai and Airbnb.

Your Committees find that the State and counties wish to properly manage visitor accommodations. Accordingly, your Committees further find that it is appropriate to implement measures to reduce the number of unauthorized short-term vacation rentals in neighborhoods and communities.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2419, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2419, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection,

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair