RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Summary
Requires property owners of residential real property to disclose, as part of the mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions, whether the installed smoke alarm is in accordance with existing building or residential codes based on information provided by the state fire council. Requires the state fire council to create and maintain an informational guide on approved smoke alarms that are in accordance with existing building or residential codes and post the guide on specified websites. Effective 11/1/2022. (SD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Last action Mar 23, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Mar 23, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3344) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, DeCoite, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to CPN, JDC.
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 240).
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Tarnas.
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 557-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakamura, Hashimoto, Aquino, Clark, Ilagan, Kitagawa, LoPresti, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to HSG, CPC, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
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