# Hawaii SB 83: RELATING TO HOTELS.

Hawaii SB 83, RELATING TO HOTELS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-04-16 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 601).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 83
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO HOTELS.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2026-04-16, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 601).
- Sponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Hotels, Hotel Services, Service Disruption, Third-Party Vendors, Guests, Notice, TOU, JHA, CPC
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 9 (145 yes, 16 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to third-party vendors and guests under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: AQUINO

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 44 | 6 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 19 | 5 |   |
| 2025-02-21 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-21 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 601). (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 as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2109-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26. (House)
- 2026-04-02: 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, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tam. (House)
- 2026-03-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1548-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gedeon voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). (House)
- 2026-03-24: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-19: Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1225-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2026-03-19: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-03-17: The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to TOU, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 19 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella, Inouye, Richards). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 78) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 993) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:10AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 387) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Referred to EDT, CPN/JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD3_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_.PDF)
- SB83_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD1_.HTM)
- SB83_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD2_.HTM)
- SB83_HD3: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD3_.HTM)
- SB83_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_SD1_.HTM)
- SB83_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_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/SB83_HD3_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_.PDF)
- [SB83_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB83_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB83_HD3 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_HD3_.HTM)
- [SB83_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB83_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB83_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-SB83-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).