Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 1590
RELATING TO VACATION RENTALS.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- TAM (Democratic)
- BELATTI (Democratic)
- EVSLIN (Democratic)
- GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
- ILAGAN (Democratic)
- IWAMOTO (Democratic)
- KAHALOA (Democratic)
- KAPELA (Democratic)
- KILA (Democratic)
- KUSCH (Democratic)
- LEE
- M.
- LOWEN (Democratic)
- MARTEN (Democratic)
- MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
- OLDS (Democratic)
- PERRUSO (Democratic)
- POEPOE (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Part I: Allows counties to use time-stamped screenshots as evidence for the enforcement of transient accommodations. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority's plans, practices, and efforts involving destination management to include promotion of use of traditional or lawful transient accommodations. Clarifies that the counties may use revenue from the County Transient Accommodations Tax for the enforcement of transient accommodations. Appropriates funds. Part II: Requires hosting platforms that earn service fees for providing booking services for transient accommodations to register with the Department of Taxation as tax collection agents and report, collect, and remit general excise and transient accommodations taxes on behalf of operators. Part II effective 1/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Mar 25, 2026 Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Mar 25, 2026 Senate | The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 26, 2026 House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 10, 2026 House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 3, 2026 House | The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 16, 2026 · House
Prefiled. - Jan 21, 2026 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 26, 2026 · House
Referred to TOU, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 02-03-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 3, 2026 · House
The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. - Feb 6, 2026 · House
Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 43-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - Feb 6, 2026 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). - Feb 6, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 10, 2026 · House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and Excused: none. - Feb 19, 2026 · House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 585-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. - Feb 19, 2026 · House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick, Shimizu voting no (2) and none excused (0). - Feb 24, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 26, 2026 · House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none. - Mar 6, 2026 · House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1132-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading. - Mar 6, 2026 · House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. - Mar 10, 2026 · House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 247). - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Passed First Reading. - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Referred to EDT/EIG/CPN, WAM/JDC. - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
The committee(s) on EDT/EIG/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. - Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. - Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. - Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Reported from EDT/EIG/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3348) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC. - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.