HI SB1388

Extends the notice period for summary possession actions from five business days to fifteen calendar days, giving tenants more time to respond to non-payment notices.

Requires landlords to provide detailed information in the fifteen-day notice, including rent amount due, contact information, and notice that a copy is being sent to a mediation center offering free residential landlord-tenant mediation.

Mandates that if a tenant schedules mediation within fifteen calendar days of receiving notice, the landlord must participate in mediation and cannot file for summary possession until thirty days after notice receipt.

Restricts when landlords may file summary possession actions based on time elapsed after the governor's final COVID-19 eviction moratorium expires: requiring four months' rent due for days 1-30, three months' rent for days 31-91, two months' rent for days 92-152, and one month's rent for days 153-365.

Appropriates funds to the judiciary for contracting mediation services and repeals these provisions on December 31, 2022, or one year after the eviction moratorium expires, whichever occurs sooner.