Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection

Welcome everyone to the Joint Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary. Joint decision making only hearing on three bills this Wednesday morning, March 4th at 9:25 in Room 229. First Bill up is SB 23, Senate Bill 2386.

This clarifies that the requirement to disclose hourly rates or salary ranges on job listings applies to full time, part time and temporary or seasonal employment and exempts employers having fewer than 25 employees rather than 50 from the which is the current law. Recommendation on SB2386 is to go ahead and pass fundamentally okay.

Unamended already has a defective effective date. Questions or concerns. Unamended questions or concerns if not Senator Gabbard.

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CPN same recommendation. Chair votes aye.

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Next Bill is yours.

Next measure is SB 2804, Senate Draft 1, relating to commerce. The recommendation on this measure is to pass unamended. Members, any comments or questions? Seeing none. Chair votes aye.

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Thank you. Next up for JDC members, same recommendation, unamended. Questions or concerns? If not, Senator Gabbard.

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Okay. Thank you.

CPN, same recommendation, passing unamended. Chair votes aye.

You were first.

Oh, oh, I'm sorry.

You can vote on it again. I don't mind.

I'm sorry. I lost track. Now, we're on 2852.

2852. Yes. SB 2852. This establishes it as an unlawful discriminatory practice for a place of public accommodation to deny a person with disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services by their services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations by requiring use of information and communications technology that is not accessible to the person.

Recommendation on SB 2852 is to pass as is. Questions or concerns? If not, Senator Gabbard.

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Okay. Members, now, the recommendation on SB 2852, SD 1, is to pass unamended. Chair votes aye.

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Thank you everyone for being here. JDC Members, we do have another agenda downstairs at 9:40, is it? 9:40. Thank you for being here. We're adjourned.

We're convening this 9:30 AM CPN Committee agenda. It's Wednesday, March 4th, 2026, in Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 229. We're here to make recommendations on a number of measures that were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees. We will not take oral testimony on this agenda, but we have received written testimony and reviewed it.

The first measure is SB 2975, Senate Draft 1, relating to marine life conservation districts. The recommendation on this measure, noting the defective effective date, is to pass unamended. Members, any questions or comments? Okay. If not, Vice Chair, passing unamended. Chair votes aye.

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Thank you very much. The next measure is Senate Bill 3019, Senate Draft 1, relating to consumer protection.

Having received the prior concurrence of the Water and Land Chair, the recommendation is to pass with amendments, adding language to require refunds of certain fees in the event of a cancellation, as requested in the testimony by the National Consumers League, and defect the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2050. Members, any discussion? Seeing none. Passing with amendments. Chair votes Aye.

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Thank you very much. The next measure is SB 3231, relating to agriculture, agricultural districts. The recommendation on this measure, having received prior concurrence from both chairs, prior chairs, is to pass with amendments, adopting the requested recommend, requested amendments, from the Hawaii Real Estate Commission.

And we will also defect the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2050. Members, any comments or questions? Seeing none. Passing with amendments. Chair votes aye.

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Thank you very much.

Can I take a recess? Okay, quick recess.

Okay. Reconvening this 9:30 AM decision making in the CPN Committee. The next measure is SB 2378, Senate draft one, relating to housing.

Having just now received prior concurrence from both earlier chairs, we will pass this measure with amendments, adopting the requested amendments from the Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 675 and defecting the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2050. Members, any discussion? Okay. Seeing none. Passing with amendments. Chair votes aye.

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Thank you very much. Next measure is SB 3062, SD 1, relating to liquor. Also receiving—after receiving prior concurrence, the recommendation is to pass with amendments clarifying that the sale or provision of liquor shall be subject to the restrictions of Subsection 281-4C, Hawaii Revised Statutes. We'll also defect the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2050.

Keep the conversation going. Any comments or questions, Members? If not, chair votes aye.

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Thank you. We'll adjourn this agenda.