HB1311 • 2026

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROXY VOTING.

Elections

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: OLDS, ALCOS, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, PIERICK, REYES ODA, TODD
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on what happens when owners do not check any boxes on their proxy forms.

Changes to Condominium Proxy Voting Rules

This bill removes the option for condominium owners to give their proxy votes to the entire board of directors or to individual directors present at meetings.

What This Bill Does

Removes from standard proxy forms the choice to give voting rights to the entire board of directors.
Eliminates the possibility of giving proxy votes to specific directors who are present during association meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

Condominium owners
Board members of condominium associations

Terms To Know

Proxy Voting: Allowing someone else to cast your vote on your behalf in a meeting.
Quorum: The minimum number of members required to be present at a meeting for the group's decisions to be valid.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if owners do not check any boxes on their proxy forms.
It is unclear how this change will affect existing condominium bylaws and rules.
The bill does not address other aspects of proxy voting beyond the specific changes mentioned.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-27 H
Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-22 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROXY VOTING.
Condominiums; Proxy Voting; Standard Proxy Forms; Association Meetings
Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to those directors present at an association meeting.

Current Bill Text

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HB1311

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1311

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to condominium proxy voting
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section
514B-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to
read as follows:

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(e)
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If [
a
]
the
proxy

form
is a
standard proxy form authorized by the association, the
proxy
form
shall comply with the following additional requirements:

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(1)
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The proxy
form

shall c
ontain boxes wherein the owner may
indicate that the proxy is given:

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(A)
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For quorum purposes only;
or

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(B)
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To the individual whose name is printed on a line
next to [
this
]
the
box;

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(C)
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To the board as a whole and that the vote is to
be made on the basis of the preference of the majority of the directors present
at the meeting; or

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(D)
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To those directors present at the meeting with
the vote to be shared with each director receiving an equal percentage;
]

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provided that if the proxy
form
is
returned with no box or [
more than one
]
both
of the boxes in
subparagraphs (A) [
through (D)
]
and (B)
checked, the proxy shall
be counted for quorum purposes only; and

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(2)
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The proxy form
shall also contain a box wherein the owner may indicate that the owner wishes
to obtain a copy of the annual audit report required by section 514B‑150."

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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Condominiums;
Proxy Voting; Standard Proxy Forms; Association Meetings

Description:

Removes
from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving
a proxy vote to the board of directors of a
condominium association as a whole or to those directors present at an
association meeting.

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