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Hawaii 2026

SB 2396

RELATING TO PROPERTY.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Absentee Owners and Landlords, Condominium Associations, DCCA, OCP, Registry of Agents
Introduced / first action
2026-01-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish and maintain a Registry of Agents available for public access on the Office of Consumer Protection's website. Requires an absentee owner or landlord to register any agents managing a property on the owner's or landlord's behalf with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Prohibits an absentee owner or landlord from designating a tenant as an agent. Requires members of a condominium association who live outside the State or on another island of the State from where the unit is located to provide the association's board with the contact information of a designated on-island agent for the unit, which shall be included on the address list maintained by the association. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:30PM; CR 224.

  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 2:30PM; Conference Room 224.

  3. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  4. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 724).

    receipt

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; McKelvey Co-Chair; Awa.

  6. House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Grandinetti, Pierick.

  7. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800).

    receipt

  8. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 508).

    introduction, receipt

  9. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  10. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564).

    receipt

  11. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  12. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1813-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  13. 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) Lowen, Olds, Quinlan excused (3).

  14. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  16. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  17. Referred to CPC, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  18. Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  19. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 227) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  20. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2880) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  21. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  22. 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26.

  23. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. The committee(s) on CPN added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-04-26 9:35AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  25. Referred to CPN.

    referral-committee

  26. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  27. Pending Introduction.

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