SB 398 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL FEES.

SB 398 prohibits rental companies from charging fees for a lessee's spouse under specific conditions. This directly affects renters who have their spouse named on a car rental agreement and rental companies that previously charged such fees. The bill creates a clear rule that rental companies cannot impose additional charges for spouses when renting a vehicle. It does not change other rental fees or conditions, focusing solely on eliminating this specific spouse-related fee. The bill was recommended for passage by the committee with amendments.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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SB398 → SB398_SD1 · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured data format (SD1), but the substantive policy content remains identical. The core provision prohibiting rental car fees for a lessee's spouse as an additional driver is unchanged, along with the standard clauses regarding retroactive effect, contract impairment, and effective date.

TECHNICAL

The document structure changed from a traditional text-based legislative format to a structured data format (SD1), including metadata fields and standardized section numbering, while the actual legislative text and policy provisions remain unchanged.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 263) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA, CPN.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors