HCR 102 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

STRONGLY URGING THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION TO ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON'S EXAMINATION IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE FOR PURPOSES OF ISSUING A LIMITED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON'S LICENSE, FOR THE SALE OF TIMESHARE PRODUCTS IN HAWAII, TO JAPANESE NATIONAL VISITORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING JAPAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN AND SUPPORT OF THE HAWAII TOURISM INDUSTRY.

HCR 102 is a concurrent resolution urging Hawaii's Real Estate Commission to use its existing authority to offer the real estate salesperson exam in Japanese. This would allow Japanese national visitors to obtain a limited license specifically for selling timeshare products in Hawaii. The resolution cites the Commission's power under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 467 without requiring new legislation. It aims to support Hawaii's tourism industry by making it easier for Japanese visitors to sell timeshares, referencing similar multilingual exam practices like the driver's license test. The resolution does not create new law but requests administrative action.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Waived referral to CPN.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, referred to CPN.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1876), with recommendation of referral to CPN.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Awa.

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 04-10-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT, CPN.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 525).

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1829) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam.

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1583), recommending referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Ilagan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Matsumoto.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to TOU, CPC, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors