| HI | HB2801 | Pass | Repeals the authority of counties to administer commercial property assessed financing programs and delegates all existing administrative responsibilities of the counties under the commercial property assessed financing program to the Hawaii Green In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Act 041, 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). |
| HI | HB2317 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the deadline for proxy votes to be delivered to the secretary of the planned community association or the managing agent for association meetings is 4:30 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Clarifies that any owner seeking nomination t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 773). |
| HI | HB2316 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that, in condominium elections, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates regardless of whether they are nominated. Clarifies that individual votes are used in cumulative voting. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 2:30PM in conference room 224. |
| HI | SB2727 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | SB3234 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association by: imposing a different transient accommodation tax rate for transient vacation rentals, a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax, and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | HB1565 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of not more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2313 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the cutoff date of Act 196, SLH 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the Condominium Education Trust Fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2524 | Engross
Sine Die | Part I: Requires the Real Estate Commission (Commission) to receive and investigate complaints by condominium unit owners against associations that are subject to condominium laws. Establishes a Condominium Ombudsman to receive and investigate compla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2404 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that a standard proxy form authorized by the unit owners' association contain a box wherein an owner may indicate that the proxy is given to the board as a whole and that the vote is to be made on the basis of the preference o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2067 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to directors present at the meeting. Requires a disclosure statement on the standard condominium p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB3320 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2548 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employees, applicants, and contracted vendors of condominium associations in employment positions that grant access to security cameras and footage to undergo a background check and be licensed consistent with the requirements in chapter 463...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2534 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a condominium unit owner, resident, tenant, or their guests, or any person acting on behalf of the unit owner, from harassing or interfering with board members, managing agents, resident managers, association employees, or vendors contracte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB3205 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for condominium associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes the Ombudsman's Office Special Fund. Requires condominium association board members to meet certain educational requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1647 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires boards of directors of condominium associations to deposit at least ten per cent of all revenues for each fiscal year, except for estimated replacement reserve assessments, into the total replacement reserves fund of the association. Require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1692 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB3204 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits retaliatory actions against a unit owner, board member, managing agent, resident manager, or association employee who takes lawful action in an effort to address, prevent, or stop a violation of the condominium law, the governing documents ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2314 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a condominium unit owner, resident, tenant, or their guests, or any person acting on behalf of the unit owner, from harassing or interfering with board members, managing agents, resident managers, association employees, or vendors contracte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2680 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for condominium associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes the Ombudsman's Office Special Fund. Requires condominium association board members to meet certain educational requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2701 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits retaliatory actions against a unit owner, board member, managing agent, resident manager, or association employee who takes lawful action in an effort to address, prevent, or stop a violation of the condominium law, the governing documents ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1748 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes condominiums to invest funds in excess of their estimated replacement reserves into medium grade or high grade obligations, as specified by the Securities Valuation Office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2549 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to directors present at the meeting. Requires a disclosure statement on the standard condominium p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2036 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Fire-free Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide interest-free loans to condominiums for the installation of fire sprinklers or alternative life safety improvements. Declares that the appropriation e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2550 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Real Estate Commission (Commission) to receive and investigate complaints by condominium unit owners against associations that are subject to chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the Ombudsman to issue findings within an unspe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2533 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2190 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB2128 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires condominium homeowner associations to include in their bylaws an option for a unit owner to opt-out of a condominium. Establishes a procedure for a unit owner of a condominium, planned community association, or cooperative housing corporatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB381 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the cutoff date of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the condominium education trust fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes. Effective 6...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB377 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole. Removes the authority of a board to use association funds to solicit proxies as part of the distribu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB584 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole. Removes the authority of a board to use association funds to solicit proxies as part of the distribu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB402 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits planned community associations, condominium associations, or their boards of directors from expending association funds to enforce against de minimis violations of association bylaws, rules, or regulations that result in not more than three...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB887 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that, in condominium elections, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates regardless of whether they are nominated. Clarifies that individual votes are used in cumulative voting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1512 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting. Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB585 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a condominium board from expending association funds in an amount of $10,000 or greater without first obtaining approval from the association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the quorum and voting requirements of the Nonprofit Corporation Act inapplicable to planned community associations and condominiums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1121 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes from taxation one hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of apartment owne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1500 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes boards to borrow money for extraordinary expenses in the condominium event of an emergency situation and promptly disclose to owners the amount and purpose. Requires certain information to be included in budget summaries regarding estimate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB888 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the deadline for proxy votes to be delivered to the Secretary for association meetings is 4:30 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Clarifies that any owner seeking nomination to the Association Board and wanting to receive proxy votes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB594 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the sunset date of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, that allowed for voluntary binding arbitration for condominium related disputes and amended the conditions for mediation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1298 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting. Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1501 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an ombudsman's office for condominium associations within the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund. Requires condominium association board members to meet certain educational requirem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee |
