Hawaii Senate Bill 825
Session 2025
Relating To Eviction Mediation.
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 2, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 17, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 2, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
825
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
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Roll call vote details are unavailable for Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Recorded roll call vote details are unavailable for Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Summary
Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days; requires landlords, or their agents, and tenants to engage in mediation and requires landlords and their agents to delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules mediation; requires landlords or their agents to provide specific information in the ten-calendar-day notice to tenants; and requires mediation to take place within thirty days from the date that a mediation center makes contact with both the landlord, or the landlord's agent, and tenant. Requires the Judiciary to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 2/4/2028 but preserves the extension of the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days. (CD1)
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07/02/2025
Senate
Act 278, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381).
07/02/2025
House
Act 278, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/02/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none).
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kusch, Lee, M., Muraoka, Pierick voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
04/25/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Hashimoto, Rhoads, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.
04/25/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Chun; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none.
04/25/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 218).
04/25/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
04/25/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 218) as amended in (CD 1).
04/25/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/24/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 224.
04/23/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:30PM in conference room 224.
04/22/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 1:31PM; Conference Room 224.
04/21/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 224.
04/17/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Hashimoto, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fukunaga, McKelvey.
04/17/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 829).
04/15/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
04/14/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Poepoe, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Chun, Pierick.
04/04/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 474).
04/04/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/04/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).
04/03/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1937), recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/03/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Lee, M., Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
03/31/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Lee, M., Alcos; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ward.
03/28/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-31-25 3:15PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/21/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1450) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
03/21/2025
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
03/19/2025
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
03/17/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/14/2025
House
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1234) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
03/14/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
03/12/2025
House
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.
03/10/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 204) in amended form (SD 2).
02/28/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 885) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/28/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/19/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/19/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
02/14/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
02/13/2025
Senate
Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 440) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
02/13/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
02/04/2025
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, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.
01/30/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
01/23/2025
Senate
Referred to CPN, WAM/JDC.
01/21/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
01/17/2025
Senate
Introduced.
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Record Created
Jan 21, 2025 12:27:15 AM
Record Updated
Jul 18, 2025 10:02:06 AM