HB1097 • 2026

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS.

Housing

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Sponsor: NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what happens after fourteen days if the items remain unclaimed, so this information was removed from the explanation.

Changes to Public Housing Eviction Rules

This bill shortens the time Hawaii Public Housing Authority must keep unclaimed personal items after a tenant is evicted from public housing.

What This Bill Does

Reduces the storage period for unclaimed personal effects of tenants who are evicted from thirty days to fourteen days.

Who It Names or Affects

Tenants who are evicted from public housing in Hawaii
The Hawaii Public Housing Authority

Terms To Know

Unclaimed Property: Items left behind by a tenant after eviction that no one claims.
Hawaii Public Housing Authority: The agency responsible for managing public housing in Hawaii.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill only affects tenants evicted from public housing managed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
It does not change other eviction rules or tenant rights outside of this specific situation.
The changes will take effect on July 1, 2050.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment changes the time limit for storing unclaimed personal items after a tenant is evicted from public housing, reducing it from thirty days to fourteen days.

Reduces the storage period for unclaimed household goods and personal effects from thirty days to fourteen days.

The amendment text does not specify what happens if property is sold or disposed of before the fourteen-day period ends, which may leave some uncertainty about how this process will be handled in practice.

SD1

Hawaii published version SD1

Plain English: This amendment changes the time limit for storing unclaimed personal items after a tenant eviction from thirty days to fourteen days.

Reduces the storage period for unclaimed property from thirty days to fourteen days.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-03-21 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
2025-03-21 S
Reported from CPN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1323) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2025-03-18 S
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-03-18 S
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, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-03-18 S
The committee(s) on HOU deferred the measure until 03-18-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
2025-03-13 S
The committee(s) on CPN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-03-06 S
Referred to CPN/HOU, JDC.
2025-03-06 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-03-06 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 329).
2025-03-04 H
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
2025-02-28 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1122), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-25 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Ward.
2025-02-21 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-11 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
2025-02-11 H
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 410) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-02-05 H
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.
2025-01-31 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-23 H
Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 3
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-21 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS.
HPHA; Public Housing; Evictions; Tenants; Unclaimed Property
Reduces the time the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is required to store unclaimed personal effects of a tenant evicted from public housing from thirty days to fourteen days. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1097

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1097

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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Section
356D-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read
as follows:

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(e)
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Upon eviction, the household goods and
personal effects of the tenant against whom the order is entered, and those of
any persons using the premises incident to the tenant
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s
holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority.
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If the action is taken, the authority shall
have a lien on the property taken for the expenses incurred by the authority in
moving and storing the property, and the authority is authorized to sell or
otherwise dispose of the property if unclaimed after [
thirty
]
fourteen

days.
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SECTION 2.
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Section 356D-94, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:

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(e)
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Upon eviction, the household goods and
personal effects of the person against whom the order is entered, and those of
any persons using the premises incident to the person
ꞌ
s
holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority.
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If the action is taken, the authority shall
have a lien on the property so taken for the expenses incurred by it in moving
and storing the same, and the authority is authorized to sell or otherwise
dispose of the property if unclaimed after [
thirty
]
fourteen
days.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________

BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Public
Housing; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Evictions; Tenants

Description:

Reduces
the time required to store unclaimed personal effects of an evicted tenant.

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