---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS."
description: "Repeals the sunset provision of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, making permanent the amendments to sections 514B-71(a), 514B-72(a), and 514B-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2425"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2425 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Condominiums", "Associations", "Unit Owners", "Mediation", "Arbitration", "Condominium Education Trust Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "English", "Fevella", "Ihara", "Nishihara", "S. Chang", "Shimabukuro"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c2ef6c-6829-477a-b8c7-e484b48d8b78"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2425&year=2020"
source_hash: "6b27a7dd6683efe86822b142949e879a20c1244b854a2fb757d6cda02b7deabf"
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 SB 2425 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals the sunset provision of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, making permanent the amendments to sections 514B-71(a), 514B-72(a), and 514B-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB2425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2425_.HTM)
2. **SB2425_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2425_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- English — primary (person)
- Fevella — primary (person)
- Ihara — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
- S. Chang — primary (person)
- Shimabukuro — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to CPH, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-20 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2020-02-11** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2699) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2020-02-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2020-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:30PM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-25** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3240) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** One Day Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 237) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JUD on Thursday, 03-12-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-03-12** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Belatti, Mizuno, Matsumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Yamane, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-11** Reported from CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1179-20), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2020-05-11** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Thielen excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-06-29** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1247-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-07-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 372). `introduction`
- **2020-07-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-15** Act 057, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 057, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c2ef6c-6829-477a-b8c7-e484b48d8b78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).