HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2045
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to automatic renewals.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 481-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Any person who sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a consumer contract that has a specified term of [more than] one month or more and an automatic renewal clause under which the contract will automatically renew for a specified term of [more than] one month or more unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall disclose the automatic renewal clause and the procedure by which the consumer can cancel automatic renewal of the consumer contract clearly and conspicuously in the consumer contract."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Contracts for Products or Services; Automatic Renewal Clause

Description:

Expands the law governing automatic renewal clauses to contracts with specified terms of one month or more and that renew for specified terms of one month or more.

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