Four bills to open up association records died, including a public document portal
Four bills to open up association records died, including a public document portal
2026-09-10 · Hawaii · Legislation · Did not pass
Every 2026 attempt to force Hawaii association records online, cut copying charges, or build a public document register failed.1
The portal bill, and how it was hollowed out
SB 2838 as introduced would have required DCCA to establish a publicly accessible online portal for condominium association information and documents filed with the Real Estate Commission at registration, funded by an additional Condominium Education Trust Fund fee; required associations to supply documents, maintain records, and produce records to an owner within a specified timeframe; and allowed owners to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs on prevailing in a proceeding over a failure to produce.
The Senate committee cut it down to a single line — “requires condominium associations to provide certain association documents in electronic format to unit owners” — with a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. It passed second reading as amended on February 20, 2026 and was referred to Ways and Means, which never heard it. It missed crossover.
The copy-fee bills
SB 2810 / HB 1940 (identical) would have required associations to make general ledgers, the Project Information Form RR-105C, and statements of account available on an internet site at no cost, and would have cut the maximum copying fee from $1.00 to 75 cents per page.
SB 2810 was referred January 30 and never heard. HB 1940 was heard and deferred on February 24, 2026 — killed in the room.
And two bills pointing opposite ways
SB 2035 would have authorised associations and managing agents to charge reasonable costs for producing documents that do not already exist. SB 2301 would have exempted them from having to produce non-existent documents at all. Neither was heard.
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Related Hawaii HOA Topics
- SB 2838 (2026), Hawaii State Legislature status feed ↩
- Honolulu Civil Beat, “Updated Database Essential For Condo Association Self-Governance,” November 5, 2025 ↩
- HB 1940 (2026), status feed — free online ledgers and 75-cent copy fee, deferred February 24, 2026 ↩
- HRS § 514B-154.5, Association documents to be provided ↩
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