SB 1293 SD1

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 13, 2025.

Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Liability; Damages; Amount; Attorney Fees; Federally Declared Disaster Area.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-1293

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Committee CPN, JDC

Senate in_committee 2025-02-13

Housing Public Safety

Summary

Provides the amount of recovery for tenants who prevail in civil suits for a landlord's violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code concerning a dwelling unit within an area that was a federally declared disaster area as of 8/8/2023. Provides for reasonable attorneys' fees and recovery for the cost of the suit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Sponsor

Angus L.K. McKelvey

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Introduced	Bill introduced
2025-02-13	Status	in_committee
2025-02-13	Latest Action	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

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