Status Update as of April 4th 2025: 

  • Bill 121 (TAR regulation) and Bill 122 (B&B Repeal) have been postpone to the call of the chair. This essentially puts the bills on hold indefinitely.

  • Council Members Kimball and Kierkiewicz will be breaking Bill 121 into three separate bills that will address different aspects of Bill 121. A webinar to provide an update is scheduled for April 17th, 2025.

Save the Date Next TAR Webinar 4/17/2025

Watch the November 6, 2023 Draft 5 Video

Council Member Heather Kimball, Planning Director Zendo Kern and Deputy Director Jeff Darrow provide an informational briefing and answer question on Draft 5 of the proposed TAR bill for Hawai'i County'.

Watch the January 2023 Proposal Video

Watch the November 2022 Proposal Video

Council Members Ashley Kierkiewicz and Heather Kimball hosted a community informational briefing on proposed changes to Hawai'i County's vacation rental regulations. Amendments come nearly four years after the initial vacation rental ordinance was adopted in November 2018, and looks to comply with recent changes to Hawai'i State Statute, which refers to these rentals as Transient Accommodation Rentals or TARs.