---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM VOTING."
description: "Permits a condominium board to direct the use of an electronic voting device at any condominium association meeting regardless of whether a secret ballot is used or required. Requires a condominium board to take reasonable steps to ensure secrecy and integrity of the votes, and that an audit trail be available after the meeting. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1288"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1288 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Condominiums", "Voting", "Electronic Voting Device", "Associations", "Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Dela Cruz", "Fevella", "Ihara", "Inouye", "K. RHOADS", "Kanuha", "L. Thielen", "MORIWAKI", "Nishihara", "Riviere", "Ruderman", "S. Chang", "Shimabukuro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69067750-d3cf-4f69-b419-7d44e07c6075"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1288&year=2019"
source_hash: "6bd0308303b12351fbd4b5fb0db45027f9b49b1c309c107a3df24aff748c35c1"
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 1288 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM VOTING.

Permits a condominium board to direct the use of an electronic voting device at any condominium association meeting regardless of whether a secret ballot is used or required. Requires a condominium board to take reasonable steps to ensure secrecy and integrity of the votes, and that an audit trail be available after the meeting. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1288_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Dela Cruz — primary (person)
- Fevella — primary (person)
- Ihara — primary (person)
- Inouye — primary (person)
- K. RHOADS — primary (person)
- Kanuha — primary (person)
- L. Thielen — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
- Riviere — primary (person)
- Ruderman — primary (person)
- S. Chang — primary (person)
- Shimabukuro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 757) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 436) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-12-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-03-12** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1399), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-27** 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, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1981), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 539). `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Act 014, on 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Act 014, 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69067750-d3cf-4f69-b419-7d44e07c6075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).