HI SB2127

Prohibits landlords or their agents from charging an application screening fee to cover criminal background check or credit report costs if an applicant provides a copy of their own report obtained within 30 days from another landlord that has not been falsely altered.

Requires landlords or their agents to provide applicants, upon request, with a receipt for the application screening fee, a breakdown of costs, and copies of the applicant's criminal background checks and credit reports that are less than 30 days old.

Establishes a $1,000 fine for applicants who present falsely altered copies of criminal background checks or credit reports.

Defines "falsely altered" to mean a written document that has been changed without authorization through erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion, transposition, or other means so it falsely appears to be authentic.

Takes effect July 1, 2040.