HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair |
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Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Terez Amato |
Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Adrian K. Tam |
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Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick |
Rep. Elijah Pierick |
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Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO AUTOMATIC RENEWALS. Expands the law governing automatic renewal clauses to contracts with specified terms of one month or more and that renew for specified terms of one month or more.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS. Establishes a statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint cannot be made.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Requires a landlord or the landlord's agent to provide, upon request, a certified copy of an applicant's criminal background check or credit report.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CEMETERIES. Authorizes the DCCA director to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of perpetual care and security measures.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Increases the number of public members on the board of directors of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association from three to four. Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President, rather than the Insurance Commissioner, to appoint the public members.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes the state reinsurance exploratory working group to study the feasibility of establishing a state run reinsurance program to ensure affordable coverage for property owners against catastrophic events. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENT CONTROL. Prohibits a landlord from renting or leasing, or offering to rent or lease, a dwelling unit in the district described in section 4-1(2)(D), HRS, at a rate that exceeds the rate for which that dwelling unit was rented or leased or offered for rent or lease on 8/7/2023. Sunsets on 7/1/2025.
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CPC, JHA |
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________________________________________ Rep. Mark M. Nakashima Chair |
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