2026-09-10 · Hawaii · Legislation · Did not pass

The most sweeping condominium election bill of the 2026 session — it would have repealed proxy voting in board elections outright — never got a hearing.¹

SB 2837

Referred to Senate Consumer Protection on January 30, 2026. No hearing scheduled. Dead.

It touched nineteen sections of chapter 514B and would have:

• modified quorum requirements;
• repealed condominium association board election proxy voting;
• authorised the Real Estate Commission to act on alleged or actual violations of laws or rules relating to board elections;
• imposed duties on directors concerning election processes and clarified the conditions for a valid board election; and
• replaced written-affidavit requirements with written certification for access to association documents.

And the smaller one that nearly made it

SB 2298 would have required proxy forms to include specified language about the selection options for proxies. It cleared Senate Consumer Protection 4–0, Senate Judiciary 5–0, and passed third reading 25–0 on March 10, 2026 — narrowed by then to cooperative housing corporations only under HRS § 421I-4.

Referred to House Consumer Protection & Commerce on March 12. Never heard. Its House companion, HB 1834, was referred in January and never heard either.

1. SB 2837 (2026), Hawaii State Legislature status feed ↩
2. SB 2298 (2026), status feed — proxy form explanations, passed Senate 25–0, never heard in House ↩
3. HRS § 514B-123, Association meetings; voting; proxies ↩