--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS." description: "Clarifies that no statute of repose shall affect a condominium association's right of action against a condominium developer sooner than two years after the period of developer control terminates." jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 921" citation: "Hawaii SB 921 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Condominiums", "Developers", "Statute of Repose", "Tolling"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["RHOADS"] version_count: 2 action_count: 33 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-01-20" last_action: "2023-05-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1e6af10-6444-4db0-8b73-bbe5b6cb90c3" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=921&year=2023" source_hash: "d8b182ef7b5315fbcda97dcb05a1fdc90c7ecbe50ca037b831994ba5d99650cb" 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 921 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS. Clarifies that no statute of repose shall affect a condominium association's right of action against a condominium developer sooner than two years after the period of developer control terminates. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB921** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB921_.HTM) 2. **SB921_Act29.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB921_Act29.HTM) ## Votes - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - RHOADS — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-05-04** Act 029, 5/4/2023, veto override. `became-law` - **2023-05-04** Act 029, 5/4/2023, veto override. `became-law` - **2023-05-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 902) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the House. `introduction, receipt` - **2023-05-04** Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 45 Ayes; 4 Noes Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Ward; and 2 Excused Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez. `veto-override-passage` - **2023-05-02** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 994) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate. `introduction, receipt` - **2023-05-02** Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Kim). Excused, 0 (none). `veto-override-passage` - **2023-04-24** Vetoed on 04-21-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). `executive-veto` - **2023-04-21** Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). `executive-veto` - **2023-04-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 524). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-04-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1872), recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2023-03-29** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ilagan. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-29-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-21** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-21** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1383), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - **2023-03-14** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hussey-Burdick, Tam. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-14-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-09** Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 306). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23. - **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 734) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. - **2023-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-17** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 612) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. - **2023-02-16** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-10** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-16-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. - **2023-01-27** Referred to CPN, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1e6af10-6444-4db0-8b73-bbe5b6cb90c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).