HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair

Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Terez Amato

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Adrian K. Tam

Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick

Rep. Elijah Pierick

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

 

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

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A G E N D A

 

HB 1825

Status

RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE PRESCRIPTIONS.

Authorizes out-of-state pharmacists to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of a prescription.

 

CPC

HB 1803

Status

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.

Reduces the pass-through entity level tax rate and allows the tax credit to be carried forward to subsequent years.

 

CPC, FIN

HB 1573

Status

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Caps the primary and secondary ticket seller service charges that may be added on to event ticket prices.  Requires website operators to guarantee refunds in certain circumstances and disclose that the website is not the primary ticket seller.  Prohibits speculative tickets and the usage of bots.

 

CPC, JHA

HB 1984

Status

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Amends the deadlines related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations and the payment of past due rent.  Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditions.

 

CPC, JHA

HB 1565

Status

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of not more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the other unit has been completed.

 

CPC, FIN

HB 1692

Status

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing.

 

CPC, FIN

HB 1814

Status

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums:  an ombudsman, licenses for management, alternate dispute resolution, governmental regulation, owner education, and owner access to documents.  Appropriates moneys.  Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.

 

CPC, FIN

HB 1636

Status

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Authorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium.

 

CPC

HB 1647

Status

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Requires boards of directors of condominium associations to deposit at least ten per cent of all revenues for each fiscal year, except for estimated replacement reserve assessments, into the total replacement reserves fund of the association.  Requires the Real Estate Commission to enforce the minimum deposit requirement and allows unit owners to file complaints with the Commission.  Holds board members who fail to comply with the minimum deposit requirement personally liable and subject to a fine.

 

CPC, JHA

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Chair