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HB 1776: OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION; NOTICE OF TENANT RIGHTS; LANDLORD OBLIGATIONS; FINES

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-17

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-10: Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to periodically publish an accessible, multilingual notice of tenant rights.  Requires the notice to be included in the informational handbook on the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code maintained by the Office.  Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of the most recent notice of tenant rights in the tenant's preferred language, if available, and subjects the landlord to a fine for failure to do so.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

Discussed in Hearing

House Floor1MIN
Mar 5, 2026

House Floor

House Standing Committee on Finance6MIN
Mar 3, 2026

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Finance1MIN
Mar 3, 2026

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs4MIN
Feb 13, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs50SEC
Feb 13, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce18MIN
Feb 3, 2026

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce

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