---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE."
description: "Provides a specific exemption to the landlord-tenant code for a seller who occupies the residential real property after the transfer of the seller's ownership rights. Takes effect 11/1/2018. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1869"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1869 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord-tenant Code", "Holdover Seller", "Exemption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ICHIYAMA", "TAKUMI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440b774a-d142-4407-b968-f231c955ec3d"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1869&year=2018"
source_hash: "83b77a64348f113e0400e9df6d7771f107a91fdfd598c18ee824a539883e7165"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 1869 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE.

Provides a specific exemption to the landlord-tenant code for a seller who occupies the residential real property after the transfer of the seller's ownership rights. Takes effect 11/1/2018. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1869** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1869_.HTM)
2. **HB1869_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1869_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **2–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to CPC, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-06-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-06** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 880-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (3).
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 283). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-22** The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-28-18 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-23** The committee on CPH has rescheduled its decision making to 03-28-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-28** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3421) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-06-18.
- **2018-04-06** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 560) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 546).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Takumi Chair; Ichiyama, McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Ihara, Ruderman.
- **2018-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 804).
- **2018-04-20** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 2:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-23** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2018-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 666).
- **2018-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Quinlan excused (2).
- **2018-04-25** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 675).
- **2018-07-11** Act 194, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-11** Act 194, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/440b774a-d142-4407-b968-f231c955ec3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).