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SB2347Introduced in the Senate

Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code.

Engrossed

Introduced by Stanley Chang, District 9

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to periodically publish an accessible, multilingual notice of tenant rights. Requires the notice to be included in the informational handbook on the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code maintained by the Office. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of the most recent notice of tenant rights in the tenant's preferred language, if available, and subjects the landlord to a fine for failure to do so. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Where it stands

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

April 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Judiciary: Passed, Unamended · February 27, 2026

5

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Joy San Buenaventura2Yes
Stanley Chang9Yes
Karl Rhoads13Yes
Mike Gabbard21Yes
Brenton Awa23Yes

Bill history

  1. Pending Introduction.

  2. Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to CPN, JDC.

  4. The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-10-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  6. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, McKelvey.

  7. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2310) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

  9. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-27-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  11. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2989) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  12. One Day Notice 03-10-26.

  13. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  14. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 214) in amended form (SD 1).

  15. Pass First Reading

  16. Referred to CPC, referral sheet 17

  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  19. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1968-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  20. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  21. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  22. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 646).

  23. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  24. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

  25. House Conferees Appointed: Grandinetti Chair; Tam, Pierick.

  26. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

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