HB 979 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATED TO SUMMARY POSSESSION.

Summary

Requires that a current general excise tax license number for any rental income be filed with the complaint to the court for summary possession proceedings. Requires the Judiciary to submit an annual list of certain information regarding summary possession cases to the Department of Taxation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB979 → HB979_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a printed legislative document into a digital document format, with minor corrections to section references and the effective date changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000. The substantive policy requirements remain unchanged.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a printed legislative format to a digital document format with metadata added.

Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

47–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 51

Feb 27, 2025

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican10

7 Yea 3

70% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPN, JDC.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 47).

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 418) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors