While there are vigorous protests of “NO KING”, “NO DICTATOR” “NO TYRANNY” outside the Hawaii State Capitol, tyrannical laws are being pushed through inside the Capitol

Mahalo again for giving voice AGAINST HB1990.

Keep calling the senators to Kill HB1990! They should hear from you.

The last I look, HB1990 is still recommitted to the Judicial and Ways and Means. No movement or no new amendments to it. I hope there is no Gut & Replace actions.

It’s never a good idea to give the government more overarching, overreaching and tyrannical powers to fine you $1,000 per day minimum. And when it reaches to $20,000, you can be slammed with a foreclosure. This is Tyranny.

The Bill language  is very vague – ANY – ANY violations of county ordinances, rules, and regulations. Every owner becomes a sitting duck to the whim of the long arm of the government.    

Chronology of tyranny:

This Power of Sale based on county fines first began as an annual Legislative Package to the State Legislature in 2021. All neighbor Mayors were part of this package.  This covered ALL COUNTIES.

2021 – 2024  Mayor Rick Blangiardi persisted. We saw HB106 and many similar Bills with the same Agenda. But fortunately, these bills never got passed.

In 2025, the Honolulu Mayor distanced himself. HouseRepresentative Corey Chun from Waipahu introduced HB29. Fortunately, it was DEFERED By the Finance Committee.  

2025 also saw   Bill 811 introduced by Scot Matayoshi, Corey Chun, MichaelLee . Lisa Marten, Sean Quinlan, Greg Takayama. This is a bill on steriods. Foreclosure begins when your fines reaches $5,000! It will only take 5 days when the bill wants to fine you $1,000 per day minimum. What are these politicians thinking? This Bill did not gain traction.

Introducer(s):

MATAYOSHI, CHUN, LEE, M., MARTEN, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA This one imposes only $5,000 instead of $20,000 for a foreclosure slam! It did not gain traction.

2026  These Power of Sale Bills only needed 2 House Committees  to pass the House. Finance Committee was bypassed.   HB1861 was introduced by Quinland, Matayoshi, Marten, and Olds did not cross over this year.

Simultanteously,  another Bill1990 which we did not know about till recently, quietly progressed to where we are today  

Introducer(s):

MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WOODSON

Demoracy is at stake. We cannot be protesting NO KINGS – NO TYRANTS and then impose tyranny upon Hawaii’s residents with these secretive Bills to oppress. 

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