THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 2, 2024

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2121

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN RECOVERY FUND.

Authorizes consumers aggrieved by the conduct of a mortgage loan originator licensee to recover from the mortgage loan recovery fund.  Allows for excess moneys in the mortgage loan recovery fund to be used for certain training and educational purposes.  Increases to $150,000 the restitution available to consumers from the mortgage loan recovery fund.

 

CPN, WAM

SB 2239

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Prohibits any person from advertising, displaying, or offering a price for a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit that does not include all taxes and fees imposed by a government entity at the time of purchase.  Requires a person to clearly and conspicuously display in each advertisement for a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit a rate or price that includes all taxes and fees imposed by a government entity.  Requires any taxes and fees that are displayed as a percentage of the cost on a booking transaction also be displayed as a dollar amount at the time of purchase.

 

CPN, JDC

SB 2697

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.

Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to revoke the licenses of architects who have been, or caused an employee of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to be, convicted of a criminal offense involving the acceptance of a bribe.

 

CPN, JDC

SB 2720

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS.

Establishes a process by which a neighbor of a tenant may seek relief from the tenant's landlord for acts of harassment by the tenant.  Includes an alternative process for the eviction of tenants.

 

CPN, JDC

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf

 

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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)-586-6915.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair