Hawaii House Bill 2605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 6 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-04-25 - Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Allows a transient accommodations broker to register as a tax collection agent for its operators and plan managers. Requires operators and plan managers to provide a statement to the transient accommodations broker confirming compliance with all applicable land use and tax laws. Requires the operator or plan manager to provide verification of compliance with state and county land use laws. Requires an operator or plan manager to remove a transient accommodation advertisement upon notice that the property is not in compliance with state law or county ordinance. Establishes a 1-time amnesty program for certain delinquent transient accommodations and general excise tax obligations. Authorizes counties to require the disgorgement of profits obtained through unlawful actions. Authorizes counties to adopt ordinances to amortize or phase out transient vacation rental units. Allocates up to $1,000,000 of TAT revenues to each county, contingent upon the county establishing a process to provide verification of compliance by an operator or plan manager with county land use laws. Makes it unlawful for transient accommodations brokers to engage in business with operators or plan managers or property managers or activity providers that are not in compliance with all state laws and county ordinances. Makes it unlawful for a hosting platform to provide, and collect a fee for, booking services regarding transient vacation rentals that are not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted under applicable county ordinance. (SD2)

Relating To Transient Accommodations.

Rep. Richard Onishi [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]	Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang [R]
Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Sam Kong [D]	Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]
Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Scott Saiki [D]	Rep. Gene Ward [R]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]
Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]	Rep. Ken Ito [D]	Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole [D]	Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-25	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423.
2018-04-24	Senate	Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 662).
2018-04-23	House	House Conferees Added: Representative Hashimoto added as Conferee.
2018-04-19	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 801).
2018-04-19	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Nishihara, Keith-Agaran Co-Chairs.
2018-04-16	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
2018-04-16	House	House Conferees Appointed: Onishi, Nishimoto, Luke Co-Chairs; Cullen, McDermott.
2018-04-16	House	Re-referred to TOU, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 57
2018-04-13	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
2018-04-12	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2018-04-10	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 752) in amended form (SD 2).
2018-04-10	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
2018-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
2018-04-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3706) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2018-04-03	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Kidani.
2018-03-28	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
2018-03-23	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2018-03-23	Senate	Reported from ETT/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3182) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2018-03-21	Senate	The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2018-03-21	Senate	The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ETT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, Baker, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria.
2018-03-16	Senate	The committee(s) on ETT/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-18 1:45PM in conference room 414.
2018-03-08	Senate	Referred to ETT/PSM, WAM.
2018-03-08	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2018-03-08	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 363).
2018-03-06	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Har voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ing, Matsumoto, Quinlan, Say, Souki, Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (8) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2018-03-02	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
2018-03-02	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1132-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2018-02-28	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.
2018-02-26	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-28-18 1:00PM in House conference room 308.
2018-02-16	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5).
2018-02-16	House	Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 696-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2018-02-13	House	The committees on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Fukumoto, Cachola, Ito, LoPresti, Ohno, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy.
2018-02-08	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 02-13-18 9:00AM in House conference room 429.
2018-01-29	House	Referred to TOU, FIN, referral sheet 9
2018-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB2963 (Same As) 2018-03-01 - Re-referred to TOU, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2605&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_HD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2605_SD2_.HTM