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HI HB226

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2011

Primary Sponsor

Gil Keith-agaran

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds new section 663 to Hawaii Revised Statutes limiting landowner liability to trespassers.
  • Landowners are not liable for injury, death, loss, or damage to trespassers unless the owner intentionally inflicted the harm or caused it through gross negligence.
  • Defines key terms including "trespasser" (person entering without permission and not an invited guest), "owner" (possessor of fee interest, tenant, lessee, or person in control of land), and "land" (includes roads, water, watercourses, buildings, and attached structures).
  • Effective January 1, 2012.

Legislative Description

Landowner liability; Trespass

Last Action

(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chong, Souki, Wooley excused (3).

2/16/2011

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/16/2011
Water, Land, & Ocean Resources1/24/2011

Full Bill Text

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