HAR GAC UPDATE FEBRUARY 19, 2018
This year, the Hawai`i State Legislature introduced 2,918 bills (1,153 House bills and 1,790 Senate bills.) This in addition to the 1601 House Bills and 1317 Senate bills and that remain in the same Committee it left off in 2017 because the Legislature works on a biennium. For example, if a bill was in Conference Committee in 2017, it will be in Conference Committee for 2018.
Of the bills introduced, the Hawai'i REALTORS® Government Affairs Committee is tracking:
- 186 House Bills
- 189 Senate Bills
Total = 375
The GAC met and broke out into 4 Subcommittees. They reviewed stacks of printed bills and the following is the summary.
Please note: positions can change as bills work their way through the legislative process.
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Subcommittee:
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Monitor
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Support
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Oppose
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Total
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Housing / Affordable Housing
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74
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8
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6
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88
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Land Use, Energy and Environment
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112
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15
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4
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121
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Business and Transactional Issues
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39
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5
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2
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46
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Taxation and Finance
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85
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12
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23
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120
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In the three weeks that the Legislature has been in session, HAR has already testified 40 times.
HOT TOPICS INCLUDE
Rental Application Screening Fees
Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Application Screening Fee
Late Occupancy Exemption
Landlord Tenant Code; Holdover Seller; Exemption
Handyman Exemption
Contractors; Exemptions
Short Term Vacation Rentals
Transient Accommodations; Local Contact
Transient Accommodations; Short-Term Vacation Rentals; Service Bookers
Rose Ringed Parakeet
Home Inspectors
Senate passed Concurrent Resolution
SCR 27 that directs the state auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis on the issue. HAR sent in testimony supporting the sunrise analysis and volunteered to assist with providing any information.
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