HB631 • 2026

RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.

Active

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

Sponsor: PIERICK
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation's title was too narrow and did not accurately reflect the bill's scope. The official summary does not specify that this applies only to interior improvements, so it has been broadened.

Prohibits Fees for Home Improvements in Common Interest Communities

This bill stops condominium associations and planned community associations from charging fees when unit owners want to make changes, repairs, or improvements to their homes.

What This Bill Does

Stops condominium associations from asking unit owners to pay a fee when they apply to improve, alter, repair, or renovate parts of their units.
Does the same for planned community associations regarding fees for similar applications by unit owners.
Applies this rule to both interior and exterior parts of the unit owner's property.

Who It Names or Affects

Unit owners in condominium associations
Unit owners in planned community associations

Terms To Know

unit owner: A person who owns a part of a larger property, like an apartment or house within a complex.
association: An organization that manages the common areas and rules for condominiums or planned communities.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill has not yet been approved, so it is still a proposal.
Does not affect fees if they are allowed by other laws.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-21 H
Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2
2025-01-21 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-17 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.
Condominium Associations; Planned Community Associations; Alterations; Improvements; Application Fees; Prohibition
Prohibits condominium associations and planned community associations from requiring a unit owner to pay a filing fee, application fee, or other similar fee, when applying to improve, alter, repair, or renovate a portion of the unit owner's unit or other real property, including an exterior portion of the unit.

Current Bill Text

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HB631

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

631

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES
.

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

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Chapter 421J, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:

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Application fees for
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Except as otherwise authorized under this
chapter, no association shall require a unit owner to pay a filing fee,
application fee, or other similar fee, when applying to improve, alter, repair,
or renovate a portion of the unit owner's unit or other real property,
including an exterior portion of the unit.
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Chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:

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Application fees for
improvements prohibited.
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Except as otherwise authorized under this
chapter, no association shall require a unit owner to pay a filing fee,
application fee, or other similar fee, when applying to improve, alter, repair,
or renovate a portion of the unit owner's unit or other real property,
including an exterior portion of the unit.
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This Act does not affect rights and
duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
begun before its effective date.

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New statutory material is
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Condominium
Associations; Planned Community Associations; Alterations; Improvements;
Application Fees; Prohibition

Description:

Prohibits
condominium associations and planned community associations from requiring a
unit owner to pay a filing fee, application fee, or other similar fee, when
applying to improve, alter, repair, or renovate a portion of the unit owner's
unit or other real property, including an exterior portion of the unit.

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