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.
This House Resolution (HR 98) urges the Hawaii Real Estate Commission to use its existing authority to offer the real estate salesperson examination in Japanese. It specifically requests this for issuing *limited licenses* to Japanese national visitors who wish to sell timeshare products in Hawaii. The resolution cites the Commission's current power under Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 467 and references Hawaii's driver's license exam language options as precedent. It does not create new law but asks the Commission to facilitate Japanese-language testing to support tourism industry goals.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025
Last action Apr 3, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout to a modern digital document format with metadata headers. The substantive policy language remains unchanged, including the request for the Real Estate Commission to allow Japanese-language examinations for timeshare salesperson licensing. No policy, eligibility, or procedural changes were made.
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Document formatting changed from traditional printed layout to digital document format with metadata headers including author, dates, and document IDs.
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This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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Total actions
11
Key actions
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Committee
6
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
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. 1828) 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. 1582), 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
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Adrian Tam
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