# Hawaii HB 1946: RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TIME SHARES.

Hawaii HB 1946, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TIME SHARES., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Adrian K. Tam (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-05-19 (Act 015, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).) (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 1946
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TIME SHARES.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-05-19, Act 015, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).
- Sponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Time Shares, Registration, Renewal, Amendments, Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, EDT, CPN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (198 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes that applications for registration renewals for time share developers, acquisition agents, plan managers, and exchange agents required by section 514E-10, HRS, shall be deemed approved thirty days after receipt of all required documents, unless the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs issues a deficiency letter within that period. Establishes that any amendment to a required time share plan registration shall be deemed approved by operation of law on the sixtieth day after the amendment is submitted to the Director, unless the Director issues a deficiency letter within that period. Effective 9/1/2026. (SD2)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greggor Ilagan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Shirley Ann Templo (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (41)

- 2026-05-19: Act 015, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: Act 015, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). (House)
- 2026-04-24: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 813). (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). (House)
- 2026-04-23: House agrees to Senate amendment(s). (House)
- 2026-04-23: Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). (House)
- 2026-04-23: Transmitted to Governor. (House)
- 2026-04-22: House Conferee(s) discharged. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Lamosao Co-Chair; Wakai. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Templo, Gedeon. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 643) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3717) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 9:25AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3196) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 320). (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to EDT, CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1045-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. (House)
- 2026-02-26: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick. (House)
- 2026-02-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 407-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-02-12: The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-12-26 10:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-01-28: Referred to TOU, CPC, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2026-01-26: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2026-01-23: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD2_.pdf)
- HB1946_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD1_.HTM)
- HB1946_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD2_.HTM)
- HB1946_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD1_.HTM)
- HB1946_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1115_.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD2_.pdf)
- [HB1946_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB1946_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB1946_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB1946_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1946_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1115_.PDF)

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- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1946-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).