Hawaii has NOT passed a state statute like Texas's SB 1968 or California's AB 2992 codifying buyer-agent representation agreement requirements. Hawaii relies purely on the national NAR settlement framework, implemented locally through MLS rules (Hawaii Information Service, the statewide MLS, and its Participant Rules) and the Hawaii Association of REALTORS' standard-form Buyer Representation Agreement — the same approach used in New York. The requirement that a written buyer-broker agreement be signed before touring homes, and that MLS listings no longer display offers of compensation, stems from NAR's nationwide settlement terms (effective August 17, 2024) rather than from any Hawaii Revised Statutes provision. A pre-existing, decades-old general statute, HRS 467-13 ('Delivery of agreement'), requires licensees to give signing parties a copy of any agreement they sign, but this is a generic broker-agreement delivery rule that predates the NAR settlement and is not a buyer-representation-specific codification. Hawaii's legislature has considered other real estate bills in the 2026 session (e.g., a pocket-listing/off-market-listing bill), but none enacting buyer-agreement statutory requirements comparable to Texas or California. Because Hawaii's approach mirrors the national baseline rather than adding state-specific statutory requirements, this is a valid 'relies on NAR/MLS rule only' case, not an oversight.
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