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Bill	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING TRUST FUNDS.	Allows the contractors license board and real estate commission to adjust recovery fund and education fund fees to maintain a reasonable relation between the fees generated and the cost of services rendered by the funds. Caps the funds at amounts determined biennially by the contractors license board and real estate commission. Applies retroactively to 7/1/2020. Supersedes contrary amendments made by Act 29, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (HD3)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2871	Hawaii SB 2871 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Contractors Recovery Fund Contractors Education Fund Real Estate Recovery Fund Real Estate Education Fund Condominium Education Trust Fund Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs	enacted	KOUCHI	6	37	5	2020-01-23	2020-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5d87e132-f458-44a7-8738-c22c49b7f93c	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2871&year=2020	7e1483b5273b5452d23d40180cad4fba2abc965f98be67e5f9696ff9781aa1b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2871 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING TRUST FUNDS.

Allows the contractors license board and real estate commission to adjust recovery fund and education fund fees to maintain a reasonable relation between the fees generated and the cost of services rendered by the funds. Caps the funds at amounts determined biennially by the contractors license board and real estate commission. Applies retroactively to 7/1/2020. Supersedes contrary amendments made by Act 29, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (HD3)

Version chain

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

1. SB2871 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2871_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2871_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2871_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2871_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB2871_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-23 Introduced. introduction
• 2020-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Re-Referred to CPH, WAM.
• 2020-02-07 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-20 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2789) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2020-02-20 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:40PM in conference room 211.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3194) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 409) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Thursday, 03-12-20 9:30AM in House conference room 430.
• 2020-03-12 The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Nishimoto, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-13 Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1084-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2020-03-13 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates, McDermott, Thielen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-06-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 06-24-20 10:00AM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-06-24 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Cachola, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Har, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1213-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2020-06-25 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (2).
• 2020-06-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-06-29 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1260-20) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 408). introduction
• 2020-07-08 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-08 One Day Notice 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
• 2020-07-13 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2020-08-13 Act 012, on 08/12/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). executive-signature
• 2020-08-13 Act 012, 08/12/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d87e132-f458-44a7-8738-c22c49b7f93c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).