RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Summary
Allows a landlord or the landlord's agent, when processing an application to rent residential property, to charge an application screening fee for the cost of requesting a tenant report or credit report for a potential tenant. Requires landlords to refund any unused amount of the application screening fee and, upon request, provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2022
Last action Feb 18, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 8, 2022
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 8, 2022
D
Democratic45
100% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593-22), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 49-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (49-0-1)
house
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakamura, Hashimoto, Aquino, Clark, Ilagan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, LoPresti, Takumi, McDermott.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to HSG, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
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