---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE."
description: "Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Takes effect 11/1/2024. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2834"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2834 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death of Tenant", "Disposal of Personal Property", "Residential Landlord-Tenant Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "HASHIMOTO", "KEOHOKALOLE", "MCKELVEY"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7788a4d7-6e5e-41e8-96fe-4813f551daa0"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2834&year=2024"
source_hash: "e5127080ff154d8169de559abad4a14689b73f7cacc7dc6cb6427f980c6f36bc"
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 SB 2834 (2024) — RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Takes effect 11/1/2024. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2834** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2834_.HTM)
2. **SB2834_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2834_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2834_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2834_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2834_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2834_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB2834_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2834_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29** Act 033, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). `became-law`
- **2024-05-29** Act 033, on 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). `became-law`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 63-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 63-24).
- **2024-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Tarnas, Aiu, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam.
- **2024-04-24** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, McKelvey, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 2:31PM; CR 224.
- **2024-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 2:31PM; Conference Room CR224.
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Nakashima, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Aiu, Tam, Pierick.
- **2024-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 684). `receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; McKelvey Co-Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella.
- **2024-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 366). `receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 537). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-03-24.
- **2024-04-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1595-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-27-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-20** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lowen, Nakashima excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1232-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-03-13** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-13-24 2:20PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 209) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-02-29** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2750) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-20** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-20-24 9:15AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-07** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-16-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to CPN. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7788a4d7-6e5e-41e8-96fe-4813f551daa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).