HB 2188 HD1

Hawaii House bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 20, 2026.

Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Application Screening; Comprehensive Reusable Tenant Screening Report; Damages; Fines; OCP; DCCA.

Bill ID HI-2026-HB-2188
Session 2026
Status in_committee
Committee CPC, FIN
House in_committee 2026-02-20
Housing
Summary

Requires landlords or landlord's agents to accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports, if made available by an applicant, and prohibits application fees in such cases. Establishes remedies for refusing to accept those reports. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sponsor
Trish La Chica
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
0000-00-00 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-02-20 Status in_committee
2026-02-20 Latest Action Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
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