HB 175 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

Summary

Requires owners or lessees of real property to maintain their property and establish penalties for failure to do so. Allows for exceptions. Requires DOA to establish rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the proliferation of invasive species. Requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the prevention of wildfires and other public safety hazards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB175 → HB175_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill version was updated from the House of Representatives to the House of Delegates, with significant substantive changes to the enforcement agencies and effective date. The most important changes involve shifting enforcement responsibilities from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture and Office of the State Fire Marshal, and moving the effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on property maintenance requirements for owners and lessees, but enforcement authority was redistributed to different state agencies based on the type of violation (invasive species vs. wildfire hazards).

ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement authority changed from Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Health to Department of Agriculture (for invasive species) and Office of the State Fire Marshal (for wildfire hazards).

MODIFIED

Effective date changed from immediate approval upon enactment to July 1, 3000.

ELIGIBILITY

Penalty liability was narrowed from owners, lessees, or managers to only owners or lessees, removing managers from direct penalty liability.

REQUIREMENT

Definition of invasive species was expanded to include species already listed as noxious, restricted, or prohibited by county, state, or federal authorities.

TECHNICAL

Several formatting and markup changes were made, including removal of section numbers and adjustment of line breaks.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL/AEN/PSM, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 196).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 733), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 55) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

17 primary · 0 co-sponsors