# Hawaii SB 2031: RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Hawaii SB 2031, RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Jarrett Keohokalole (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-14 (Act 254, 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 2031
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-07-14, Act 254, 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356).
- Sponsor: Jarrett Keohokalole (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Consumer Protection, Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices, Live-Event Tickets, Short-Term Lodging, Disclosures, Total Price, Junk Fees, Federal Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, CPC
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (223 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice for businesses to: advertise, display, or offer the price of live-ticket events or short-term lodging without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; and misrepresent any fees or charges in any offer, display, or advertisement for the sale of live‑event tickets or short-term lodging. Specifies that any advertisement, display, or offer of short-term lodging or live-event tickets in compliance with the federal Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees are in compliance with this Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Clearer ticket and lodging prices: benefit, low. Businesses selling live-event tickets or short-term lodging must show the total price more prominently than other price information. Before you agree to pay, they must explain each charge left out of that price, what it covers, and the final amount you will pay. Government charges, shipping charges…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jarrett Keohokalole (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carol Fukunaga (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michelle N. Kidani (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Angus L.K. McKelvey (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sharon Y. Moriwaki (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: SAN BUENAVENTURA

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-28 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-28 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-31 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (43)

- 2026-07-14: Act 254, 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). (Senate)
- 2026-07-14: Act 254, on 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-05: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Deferred one day 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 38-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 38-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26. (House)
- 2026-04-28: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-27: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 3:15PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2026-04-24: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 3:15PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723). (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Grandinetti, Pierick. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 613). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1967-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2026-03-31: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen. (House)
- 2026-03-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to CPC, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 153) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2912) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: 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) Lamosao. (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-26-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2210) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Referred to EDT, CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1356_.PDF)
- SB2031_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_CD1_.HTM)
- SB2031_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_HD1_.HTM)
- SB2031_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_SD1_.HTM)
- SB2031_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_SD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1356_.PDF)
- [SB2031_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB2031_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB2031_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB2031_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2031_SD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2031-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).