HB 252 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MANAGING AGENTS.

Summary

Requires managing agents for residential condominium properties over seventy-five feet in height to have commercial property management experience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB252 → HB252_HD1 · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends requirements for managing agents of residential high-rise condominiums in Hawaii, adding new experience requirements and clarifying fidelity bond rules. The changes aim to protect homeowners from incompetent management by requiring commercial property management experience for buildings over 75 feet tall and strengthening fidelity bond provisions.

Scope change

The bill now specifically applies to residential condominium properties exceeding seventy-five feet in height, requiring managing agents for these high-rise buildings to have commercial property management experience.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that managing agents for residential condominium properties over 75 feet in height must have commercial property management experience.

Added a new subsection requiring managing agents to act promptly to recover losses from fidelity bonds when employee fraud causes financial harm to associations.

Added provisions allowing managing agents unable to obtain fidelity bonds to seek exemptions from the commission.

Added requirement for managing agents to pay nonrefundable application and registration fees as prescribed by the director of commerce and consumer affairs.

Added requirement for managing agents to immediately report in writing to the commission any changes to registration information.

TECHNICAL

Removed the automatic termination provision for fidelity bond failures, replacing it with more detailed language about nonregistration or automatic termination unless exemptions are maintained.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000 (likely a placeholder or error in the draft version).

Floor votes · House Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

47–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 51

Feb 14, 2025

D Democratic41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 761) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (47-0-4)

house

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, CPC, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors