HB1590: Relating To Vacation Rentals.

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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Official text and draft versions

• Introduced· Jan 16, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Feb 5, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Feb 18, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Mar 7, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Mar 27, 2026 · Official original ↗Published after this vote

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Recorded decision and member tally

Senate Economic Development and Technology: Passed, With Amendments

This record lists 5 members; its source-reported total is 5.

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Source outcome: passed.

Yes

4

No

0

Not voting

0

Absent / excused

1

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Members listed for this decision

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