HB 1376 Summary

• Extends notice period for rent nonpayment from 5 business days to 15 calendar days before landlord can terminate rental agreement.

• Requires landlords to provide detailed notice including rent amount due, contact information, and rental assistance information, plus a copy to a mediation center offering free residential landlord-tenant mediation.

• Delays summary possession filing to 30 calendar days (instead of 15) if tenant schedules mediation within the initial 15-day notice period, and requires landlord participation in mediation.

• Restricts when landlords can file for possession based on rent owed amount and days elapsed after governor's eviction moratorium expires: four months rent (days 1-30), three months (days 31-91), two months (days 92-152), and one month (days 153-365).

• Appropriates $4,050,000 in federal Emergency Rental Assistance and fiscal recovery funds to Hawaii counties for mediation services and rental assistance programs; repeals these provisions on December 31, 2022, or one year after final eviction moratorium expires, whichever is sooner.