SB 259 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO RECORDKEEPING.

Summary

Establishes recordkeeping requirements for secondhand dealers, requiring records to be retained for two years from the date of sale. Amends and standardizes recordkeeping requirements for pawnbrokers, requiring records to be retained for two years from the date of maturity. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 7, 2025

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SB259 → SB259_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill version (SB259_SD1) appears to be a draft template file containing metadata and formatting artifacts rather than a clean legislative text. The substantive policy content from the original bill remains largely the same, with the main change being a delayed effective date from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2077, which is likely an error or placeholder. The core recordkeeping requirements for secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers are unchanged.

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2077, which appears to be an error or placeholder date rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers, timestamps, and template information that are not part of the actual legislative text.

Removed original page headers and document identifiers from the clean legislative text.

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Committee

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 75) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads, DeCorte.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, CPN.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors