# Hawaii HB 850: RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Hawaii HB 850, RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Linda Ichiyama (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-04-02 (Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 850
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-02, Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
- Sponsor: Linda Ichiyama (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Condominium Associations, Electronic Meetings, Electronic Voting, Mail Voting, Cumulative Voting, CPN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (127 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Clarifies an association board's authority with respect to calling electronic meetings, electronic voting, and mail voting. Clarifies that, in condominium elections, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates regardless of whether they are nominated. Clarifies that individual votes are used in cumulative voting. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Linda Ichiyama (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2026-04-02: Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: House Conferee(s) discharged. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Senate Conferee(s) discharged. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409). (House)
- 2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- 2025-04-23: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:30PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 1:30PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 1:30PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2025-04-16: Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; McKelvey Co-Chair; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). (House)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Chun, Pierick. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 559). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2025-04-03: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 554) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-01: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1490) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-03-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 293). (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-27: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 811) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-27: 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) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). (House)
- 2025-02-20: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Lowen, Pierick. (House)
- 2025-02-18: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Referred to CPC, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2025-01-21: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_SD1_.pdf)
- HB850_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_HD1_.HTM)
- HB850_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_SD1_.pdf)
- [HB850_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB850_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB850_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [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 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB850-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).