# Hawaii SCR 123: REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE TO DETERMINE IF ANY AMENDMENTS OR UPDATES ARE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE LANDLORD-TENANT INTERACTIONS AND ADDRESS OTHER HOUSING ISSUES.

Hawaii SCR 123, REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE TO DETERMINE IF ANY AMENDMENTS OR UPDATES ARE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE LANDLORD-TENANT INTERACTIONS AND ADDRESS OTHER HOUSING ISSUES., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-05-02 (Resolution adopted in final form.) (as of 2026-10-27).

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- As of: 2026-10-27
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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 123
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE TO DETERMINE IF ANY AMENDMENTS OR UPDATES ARE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE LANDLORD-TENANT INTERACTIONS AND ADDRESS OTHER HOUSING ISSUES.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-05-02, Resolution adopted in final form.
- Sponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Attorney General, Landlord-Tenant Code, Housing, Working Group, CPC
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-05-02: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 890). (House)
- 2025-04-30: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-21-25; agree to House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Senate agrees with House Amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Adoption on 05-02-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: One Day Notice 05-02-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 887). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 777). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 846). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Re-referred to CPC, referral sheet 33 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-25. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Adopted with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (6). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2081) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2025-04-10: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Ichiyama, Lowen, Pierick. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Resolution scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-10-25 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 507) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1598) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: One Day Notice 04-03-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-01-25 10:06AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_.PDF)
- SCR123_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_HD1_.HTM)
- SCR123_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_.PDF)
- [SCR123_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_HD1_.HTM)
- [SCR123_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR123_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR123-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).