republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1511.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.	Prohibits entities from distributing unsolicited mail or electronic mail that employs high pressure tactics or is reasonably likely to cause a consumer to believe that the sender is affiliated with another entity that the sender is not actually affiliated with and the entity is asking the recipient to pay for goods, services, or forms of legal authorization, including but not limited to vehicle warranties, service contracts, home warranties, and government-issued licenses or registrations, unless certain disclosures are met. Makes contracts that fail to meet disclosure requirements voidable at the option of the consumer. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1511	Hawaii HB 1511 (2026)	bill	Consumer Protection Government-Issued Licenses and Registrations Home Warranties Prohibitions Service Contracts Unsolicited Mail and Electronic Mail Vehicle Warranties	enacted	EVSLIN GRANDINETTI ILAGAN KILA KITAGAWA KUSCH LEE M. MARTEN MATAYOSHI MORIKAWA OLDS TAKAYAMA TAM TARNAS TEMPLO	5	45	7	2026-01-14	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/15440919-fa8f-4f60-a90b-119a1a5028c3	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1511&year=2026	a7bba946b16e8cee7fa288328126516a289d2496758da3829402322077a3d019	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1511 (2026) — RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Prohibits entities from distributing unsolicited mail or electronic mail that employs high pressure tactics or is reasonably likely to cause a consumer to believe that the sender is affiliated with another entity that the sender is not actually affiliated with and the entity is asking the recipient to pay for goods, services, or forms of legal authorization, including but not limited to vehicle warranties, service contracts, home warranties, and government-issued licenses or registrations, unless certain disclosures are met. Makes contracts that fail to meet disclosure requirements voidable at the option of the consumer. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1511 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1511_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1511_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1511_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1511_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• EVSLIN — primary (person)
• GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• KUSCH — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• M. — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• OLDS — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TEMPLO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-05 Act 088, on 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). became-law
• 2026-06-05 Act 088, 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 62-26).
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 62-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-27 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, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tarnas, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 2:30PM in conference room 224.
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). receipt
• 2026-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Awa.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). receipt
• 2026-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Pierick.
• 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). receipt
• 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 575) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 One Day Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3752) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-25 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3182) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-18 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to CPN, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 233). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1109-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-03-03 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-20 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 675-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-10 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-14 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15440919-fa8f-4f60-a90b-119a1a5028c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).