# Hawaii HB 594: RELATING TO HOTELS.

Hawaii HB 594, RELATING TO HOTELS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Della Au Belatti (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-02-14 (Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 748) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 594
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO HOTELS.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-02-14, Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 748) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
- Sponsor: Della Au Belatti (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Hotels, Hotel Services, Service Disruption, Third-Party Vendor, Guests, Notice, Damages, TOU, JHA, CPC
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors under certain conditions. Allows for recovery of damages by injured consumers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Della Au Belatti (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tina Nakada Grandinetti (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Coco Iwamoto (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy A. Perruso (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Elijah Pierick (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Democratic), House

## Actions (11)

- 2025-02-14: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 748) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC. (House)
- 2025-02-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). (House)
- 2025-02-13: 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 127) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). (House)
- 2025-01-30: 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, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-01-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to TOU, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 2 (House)
- 2025-01-17: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD2_.pdf)
- HB594_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD1_.HTM)
- HB594_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD2_.pdf)
- [HB594_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB594_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_HD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB594_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB594-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).