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HB1590HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Vacation Rentals.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Part I: Allows counties to use time-stamped screenshots as evidence for the enforcement of transient accommodations. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority's plans, practices, and efforts involving destination management to include promotion of use of traditional or lawful transient accommodations. Clarifies that the counties may use revenue from the County Transient Accommodations Tax for the enforcement of transient accommodations. Appropriates funds. Part II: Requires hosting platforms that earn service fees for providing booking services for transient accommodations to register with the Department of Taxation as tax collection agents and report, collect, and remit general excise and transient accommodations taxes on behalf of operators. Part II effective 1/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by TOU
  3. HD2by JHA
  4. HD3by FIN
  5. SD1by CPN

Decision stages

  1. House TOU committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    7 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    46 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 1 no · 0 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    7 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 2 no · 0 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    44 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 2 no · 0 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD3

    15 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  6. House third reading on HD3: Passed

    44 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 2 no · 0 excused

  7. Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on HD3: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  8. Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on HD3: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  9. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on HD3: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

House members along the path

19 more House members only counted as floor ayes

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

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Legislative history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TOU, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 02-03-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 43-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and Excused: none.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 585-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick, Shimizu voting no (2) and none excused (0).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  14. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1132-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  16. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 247).

  18. Passed First Reading.

  19. Referred to EDT/EIG/CPN, WAM/JDC.

  20. The committee(s) on EDT/EIG/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  21. The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

  22. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.

  23. 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, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  24. Reported from EDT/EIG/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3348) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

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

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