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HI HB 1678

enacted

RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Clarifies that in planned community association and condominium association elections conducted by cumulative voting, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates, including write-ins, and that individual votes are used when allocating votes. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-26 — Act 037, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • ICHIYAMAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-26

    Act 037, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).

    became-law

  2. 2026-05-26

    Act 037, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  4. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

  6. 2026-05-05

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).

    receipt

  7. 2026-05-01

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).

    passage

  8. 2026-05-01

    Deferred one day 05-06-26.

    deferral

  9. 2026-04-29

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26

  10. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 15-26).

  11. 2026-04-29

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.

  12. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 15-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  13. 2026-04-27

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-04-27

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Ichiyama, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 3:15PM in conference room 224.

  16. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  17. 2026-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; McKelvey Co-Chair; Lamosao.

  18. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  19. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Ichiyama, Pierick.

  20. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  21. 2026-04-14

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  22. 2026-04-10

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 525) in amended form (SD 1).

  23. 2026-04-10

    Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  24. 2026-04-08

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-26.

  25. 2026-04-08

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  26. 2026-04-08

    Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3506) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  27. 2026-03-24

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2026-03-20

    The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  29. 2026-03-12

    Referred to CPN.

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  31. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 260).

    introduction,receipt

  32. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  33. 2026-03-05

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).

  34. 2026-03-05

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 898-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  35. 2026-02-24

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2026-02-20

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2026-01-26

    Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  38. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  39. 2026-01-20

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes

  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-24 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2026-04-10 · pass · 25-0

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-04-27 · pass · 2-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Lamosao: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-04-27 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Pierick: yes

  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).

    2026-05-01 · pass · 24-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Senator(s: not voting

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Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1678&year=2026

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