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Hawaii 2026

SB 2031

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Consumer Protection, Disclosures, Federal Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, Junk Fees, Live-Event Tickets, Short-Term Lodging, Total Price, Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices
Introduced / first action
2026-01-14 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice for businesses to: advertise, display, or offer the price of live-ticket events or short-term lodging without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; and misrepresent any fees or charges in any offer, display, or advertisement for the sale of live‑event tickets or short-term lodging. Specifies that any advertisement, display, or offer of short-term lodging or live-event tickets in compliance with the federal Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees are in compliance with this Act. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 254, 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356).

    became-law

  2. Act 254, on 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

  6. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).

    receipt

  7. Deferred one day 05-06-26.

    deferral

  8. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).

    passage

  9. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 38-26).

  10. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.

  11. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 38-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  12. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.

  13. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 3:15PM in conference room 224.

  16. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 3:15PM in conference room 224.

  17. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Fevella.

  18. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723).

    receipt

  19. House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Grandinetti, Pierick.

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

    receipt

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 613).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

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

    receipt

  24. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  25. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1967-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

  27. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  30. Referred to CPC, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  31. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  32. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 153) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction, receipt

  33. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2912) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  34. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  35. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-26-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  37. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2210) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  39. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  41. Referred to EDT, CPN.

    referral-committee

  42. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  43. Pending Introduction.

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