--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS." 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)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1678" citation: "Hawaii HB 1678 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Candidates", "Condominium Associations", "Cumulative Voting", "Planned Community Associations"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["ICHIYAMA"] version_count: 4 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2026-01-20" last_action: "2026-05-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f0fb2d0-248f-4588-b3b2-7b636b1d6c32" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1678&year=2026" source_hash: "62305e2164fbcb690e32e0562a558a42aa4f1166ee0827bceb7509e9268764b2" 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 1678 (2026) — RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS. 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) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB1678** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1678_.HTM) 2. **HB1678_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1678_CD1_.HTM) 3. **HB1678_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1678_HD1_.HTM) 4. **HB1678_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1678_SD1_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **24–0** (pass) · upper - Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper - The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower - The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - ICHIYAMA — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-05-26** Act 037, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). `became-law` - **2026-05-26** Act 037, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). `became-law` - **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor. - **2026-05-08** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). `receipt` - **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` - **2026-05-05** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). `receipt` - **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` - **2026-05-01** Deferred one day 05-06-26. `deferral` - **2026-04-29** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26 - **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 15-26). - **2026-04-29** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26. - **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 15-26) as amended in (CD 1). - **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` - **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. - **2026-04-24** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 3:15PM in conference room 224. - **2026-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). `receipt` - **2026-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; McKelvey Co-Chair; Lamosao. - **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt` - **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Ichiyama, Pierick. - **2026-04-16** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). `receipt` - **2026-04-14** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure` - **2026-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 525) in amended form (SD 1). - **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` - **2026-04-08** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-26. - **2026-04-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **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. - **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` - **2026-03-20** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. - **2026-03-12** Referred to CPN. `referral-committee` - **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 260). `introduction, receipt` - **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` - **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). - **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. - **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` - **2026-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2026-01-26** Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee` - **2026-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` - **2026-01-20** Prefiled. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f0fb2d0-248f-4588-b3b2-7b636b1d6c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).