republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-61.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS."
description: "Clarifies the allocation of payments made by a condominium owner that are in excess of any common expenses owed. (HB61 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Hawaii HB 61 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Condominium Associations", "Common Expense Payments", "Excess Amounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ICHIYAMA", "TAKUMI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab9166a-451c-405f-a2c1-3c23cdbb7e72"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=61&year=2019"
source_hash: "b3197cc3ba4f3a8f8c26a5a90b68352bf5bd7f48c4f95600b63ceafc4781ee25"
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 61 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Clarifies the allocation of payments made by a condominium owner that are in excess of any common expenses owed. (HB61 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB61_.HTM)
2. **HB61_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB61_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB61_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB61_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 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. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-18** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-05-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-02-05** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 259) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-02-12** Deferred one day 02-13-19.
- **2019-02-13** 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) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-22-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Tuesday, 02-26-19.
- **2019-02-22** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-26-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-26** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 890), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 9). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-12** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1876) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 694) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Takumi, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Cabanilla Arakawa, Matsumoto.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-17-19 2:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-17** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, C. Lee, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa.
- **2019-04-17** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 20) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 20).
- **2019-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-09** Act 192, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 192, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab9166a-451c-405f-a2c1-3c23cdbb7e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).