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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TIME SHARES."
+description: "Establishes that applications for registration renewals for time share developers, acquisition agents, plan managers, and exchange agents required by section 514E-10, HRS, shall be deemed approved thirty days after receipt of all required documents, unless the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs issues a deficiency letter within that period. Establishes that any amendment to a required time share plan registration shall be deemed approved by operation of law on the sixtieth day after the amendment is submitted to the Director, unless the Director issues a deficiency letter within that period. Effective 9/1/2026. (SD2)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1946"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 1946 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Amendments", "Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs", "Registration", "Renewal", "Time Shares"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ILAGAN", "TAM", "TEMPLO"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f8cfe05-3ec6-41f6-a1dd-37e226d3d79b"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1946&year=2026"
+source_hash: "cb44f00df1c8b00798c450ec1f37e116543fd9aac606a55ebc738f84fa391a0a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii HB 1946 (2026) — RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TIME SHARES.
+
+Establishes that applications for registration renewals for time share developers, acquisition agents, plan managers, and exchange agents required by section 514E-10, HRS, shall be deemed approved thirty days after receipt of all required documents, unless the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs issues a deficiency letter within that period. Establishes that any amendment to a required time share plan registration shall be deemed approved by operation of law on the sixtieth day after the amendment is submitted to the Director, unless the Director issues a deficiency letter within that period. Effective 9/1/2026. (SD2)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB1946** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_.HTM)
+2. **HB1946_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD1_.HTM)
+3. **HB1946_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD2_.HTM)
+4. **HB1946_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD1_.HTM)
+5. **HB1946_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD2_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ILAGAN — primary (person)
+- TAM — primary (person)
+- TEMPLO — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-19** Act 015, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law`
+- **2026-05-19** Act 015, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law`
+- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
+- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
+- **2026-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-23** Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 813). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Lamosao Co-Chair; Wakai.
+- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
+- **2026-04-22** House Conferee(s) discharged.
+- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Templo, Gedeon.
+- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
+- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 643) in amended form (SD 2).
+- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
+- **2026-04-10** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3717) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
+- **2026-04-07** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 9:25AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
+- **2026-03-25** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3196) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
+- **2026-03-19** The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-16** The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
+- **2026-03-12** Referred to EDT, CPN. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 320). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
+- **2026-03-06** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1045-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
+- **2026-02-26** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2026-02-18** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 407-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
+- **2026-02-12** The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-12-26 10:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2026-01-28** Referred to TOU, CPC, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-01-23** Pending introduction.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f8cfe05-3ec6-41f6-a1dd-37e226d3d79b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
+