republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-1325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS."
description: "Clarifies that condominium associations may invest in government money market funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1325"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1325 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Condominiums", "Associations", "Investment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c3c837-b210-4c6c-8e10-0f56544dcf0a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1325&year=2019"
source_hash: "303e9f77d9eafa1a8fa69c1890ab5f2f7d27943b76ab698ea609d7f678dc4e54"
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 1325 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Clarifies that condominium associations may invest in government money market funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1325_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 478) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-19 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-19** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 981) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** One Day Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 447). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-12-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-03-12** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1398), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-04-03** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2148), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 720). `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Act 027, on 04/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Act 027, 04/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5c3c837-b210-4c6c-8e10-0f56544dcf0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).