republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-832.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS."
description: "Specifies that condominium boards may be in violation of fiduciary duty for violating the mediation and arbitration requirements of the condominium law. Allows association member participation in board meetings pursuant to rules established therefor. Requires board meeting notices to list items on the meeting agenda. Requires unapproved final drafts of meeting minutes to be available within 30 days after the meeting. (HB832 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 832"
citation: "Hawaii HB 832 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Condominiums", "Condominium Association Members", "Board Members", "Board Meetings", "Notice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KONG"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69e9d950-a8a0-4bef-a605-2e44ff6568e7"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=832&year=2017"
source_hash: "bf939e6847dc97c649f8379f51de6aadc490b0550d5ae7e91c9896934644c7a5"
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 832 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Specifies that condominium boards may be in violation of fiduciary duty for violating the mediation and arbitration requirements of the condominium law. Allows association member participation in board meetings pursuant to rules established therefor. Requires board meeting notices to list items on the meeting agenda. Requires unapproved final drafts of meeting minutes to be available within 30 days after the meeting. (HB832 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB832** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB832_.HTM)
2. **HB832_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB832_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB832_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB832_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- KONG — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-25** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to CPC, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-07-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-02-07** The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-17.
- **2017-02-07** 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: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Ichiyama, Aquino, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ito. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 788) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** 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) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 296). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **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. 1339) 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. 524) 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 Chair; Todd, 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, Todd, 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-28-17.
- **2017-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3).
- **2017-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-28-17.
- **2017-04-28** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ing, McDermott, Quinlan, Thielen, Tokioka excused (6).
- **2017-04-28** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 733).
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 637).
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Act 081, on 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Act 081, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69e9d950-a8a0-4bef-a605-2e44ff6568e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).