H.B. 2557 Summary

• Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 46-4 to explicitly authorize counties to regulate hosting platforms that provide booking services for short-term rentals

• Adds "practices of hosting platforms providing booking services for short-term rentals" as a permitted subject of county zoning ordinances

• Defines "hosting platform" as a person or entity that provides booking services and collects or receives a fee for facilitating short-term rental transactions

• Defines "short-term rental" as payment for use or swapping/bartering/exchanging of a residential dwelling for stays of less than 180 days (or lesser duration set by county), including transient vacation rentals

• Enables counties to regulate unlawful short-term rental operations by controlling the commercial platforms that facilitate them through booking services