republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-1498.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.	Part I: requires copies of contracts, written job descriptions, and compensation between the association and any person retained to manage the operation of the property on-site to be made available to any unit owner, and allows certain personal information to be redacted from the contracts. Part II: clarifies that in cases where the removal or replacement of a director elected by a class of unit owners is authorized, such removal or replacement may be by a majority of only the members of that class; and specifies that, for an election in a mixed-use condominium project where directors are elected by different classes of owners, an association may cast the vote or votes allocated to any nonresidential unit owned by the association where those eligible to vote in the election are limited to owners of one or more nonresidential units, including the nonresidential unit owned by the association. Part III: clarifies that tenants are prohibited from serving as board members of a condominium association. (HB1498 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2017 Regular Session	HB 1498	Hawaii HB 1498 (2017 Regular Session)	bill	Condominium Associations Contracts Resident Managers General Managers Operations Managers Site Managers Owners Board of Directors Mixed-use Projects Elections Board Members	enacted	ICHIYAMA MCKELVEY OHNO	4	46	6	2017-01-25	2017-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/47a2dc65-7c19-4126-918a-c55ac69c2c1a	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1498&year=2017	655e25762613838fbfc65324f18c54238e62182fd96343efafbd2e8114b23c4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1498 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Part I: requires copies of contracts, written job descriptions, and compensation between the association and any person retained to manage the operation of the property on-site to be made available to any unit owner, and allows certain personal information to be redacted from the contracts. Part II: clarifies that in cases where the removal or replacement of a director elected by a class of unit owners is authorized, such removal or replacement may be by a majority of only the members of that class; and specifies that, for an election in a mixed-use condominium project where directors are elected by different classes of owners, an association may cast the vote or votes allocated to any nonresidential unit owned by the association where those eligible to vote in the election are limited to owners of one or more nonresidential units, including the nonresidential unit owned by the association. Part III: clarifies that tenants are prohibited from serving as board members of a condominium association. (HB1498 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1498 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1498_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1498_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1498_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• OHNO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-09-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2017-02-09 The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-17.
• 2017-02-09 Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 02-13-17 2:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2017-02-13 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-17 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 546) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2017-02-17 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-24-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2017-02-24 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-02 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 754), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2017-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 72). introduction
• 2017-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-03-14 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-21-17 10:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-03-17 The committee on CPH has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 03-21-17 10:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-03-17 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-03-21 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Espero, Ihara, Kidani. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1340) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2017-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-07-17.
• 2017-04-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 539) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2017-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2017-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 584).
• 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Takumi, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; Ward.
• 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
• 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Ihara, Kidani.
• 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
• 2017-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, San Buenaventura, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-04-24 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) Baker, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 10) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2017-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 10).
• 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
• 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
• 2017-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2017-07-06 Act 071, on 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). executive-signature
• 2017-07-06 Act 071, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47a2dc65-7c19-4126-918a-c55ac69c2c1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).