HB276 • 2026

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Housing

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

Sponsor: TARNAS, EVSLIN, GARCIA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, OLDS, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact enforcement mechanism or consequences if conditions change after exemption are not specified in the provided sources.

Exempting Small Homeowner-Developers from Annual Reports

This bill changes the law to exempt homeowners who develop no more than two units, one for personal residence and another sold initially, from filing annual reports and paying fees.

What This Bill Does

Changes the requirement that developers file an annual report and pay a $50 fee if they have developed only up to two units.
Requires one of these units to be where the developer lives as their main home for at least ten years.
Specifies that the other unit must have been sold initially.
Exempts such homeowners from filing further annual reports and paying fees after meeting these conditions.
Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes section 514B-58 to include this exemption.

Who It Names or Affects

Homeowners who develop no more than two units under a condominium property regime
Developers of small-scale residential projects

Terms To Know

Developer: A person or company that creates and sells new housing developments.
Condominium Property Regime: An arrangement where multiple units in a building are individually owned but shared common areas are jointly managed by all unit owners.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only applies to developments with no more than two units.
It is unclear how the law will be enforced or what happens if conditions change after exemption.
Effective date of July 1, 3000 suggests this might be a placeholder for an actual future date.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment relieves individual homeowners who develop no more than two units, where one unit is their residence and the other has been sold, from filing annual reports and paying a $50 fee.

Homeowners developing up to two units will be exempt from filing annual reports and paying an annual fee of $50 if they live in one unit and have sold the other.

The amendment text specifies that this change takes effect on July 1, 3000, which seems unusual and may indicate a placeholder date or error.

SD1

Hawaii published version SD1

Plain English: This amendment relieves individual homeowners who develop no more than two units from the requirement to file annual reports and pay a $50 fee if they have lived in one unit as their primary residence for at least ten years and sold the other unit.

Homeowners who develop up to two units are exempted from filing annual reports and paying an annual fee of $50 under certain conditions.
The exemption applies when one unit has been the developer's principal residence for at least ten years, and the initial sale of the other unit is completed.

The amendment specifies a future effective date of July 1, 3000, which seems unusual and may be an error or placeholder.
Details about how changes to conditions will affect filing requirements are not fully explained in plain terms.

Bill History

2026-03-30 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2026-03-30 S
Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3317) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-03-24 S
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-03-20 S
The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2026-03-10 S
Referred to CPN, WAM.
2026-03-06 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-03-06 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 6).
2026-03-05 H
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2026-03-05 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 856-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-02 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
2026-02-27 H
Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-27 H
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.
2026-02-24 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-18 H
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2026-02-18 H
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 399-26), recommending referral to FIN.
2026-02-10 H
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2026-02-06 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-02-06 H
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 Representative(s) Ward excused (1).
2025-02-06 H
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 205) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-02-05 H
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.
2025-01-31 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21 H
Referred to HSG, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
2025-01-17 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-16 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Condominiums; Homeowner-Developers; Annual Report
Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two units, one in which the developer has resided as their principal place of residence for at least ten years and one for which the initial sale of the other unit has been completed, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB276

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

276

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO CONDOMINIUMS
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that homeowners who
subdivide their property into as few as two units under a condominium property
regime are considered developers under chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised
Statutes.
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Section 514B-58, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, requires developers to file an annual report and pay a
corresponding annual fee of $50 until all units have been sold.
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This law has unduly burdened
homeowner-developers who permanently reside in one of the units and therefore
cannot satisfy the requirement of selling every unit, which would otherwise
eliminate the need to file an annual report and pay the annual fee.

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The purpose of this Act is to
relieve from the burden of filing annual reports and paying the corresponding
annual $50 filing fee those individual homeowners whose development consists of
no more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which
the initial sale of the other unit has been completed.

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SECTION
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Section
514B-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read
as follows:

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"(b)
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The developer, its successor, or assign shall
be relieved from filing
subsequent
annual reports pursuant to this
section [
when
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after filing an annual report notifying that
the
initial sales of all units have been completed[
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, including any
development:

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(1)
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That consists
of no more than two units;

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(2)
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In which one of
the units is the principal place of residence of the developer, its successor,
or its assign; and

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(3)
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For which the
initial sale of the other unit has been completed.
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SECTION 3.
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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 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Condominiums;
Developers; Annual Report; Homeowners

Description:

Excludes
a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report
and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two
units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of
the other unit has been completed.

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