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HB1519HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Campaign Contributions.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Requires disclosure of the names of compensated officers of state and county contractors and grantees. Prohibits the compensated officers of certain state and county contractors and grantees from making, promising, or soliciting certain campaign contributions for the duration of the contract or grant. Provides that, for contributions received through a third-party payment processor website, whether received by check or directly deposited to the candidate or noncandidate committee, the date the contributor executes the transaction on the third-party payment processor website shall be deemed the date of receipt and the date of acceptance for campaign finance reporting and compliance requirements. Clarifies that monetary contributions and other campaign funds shall be deposited within 14 days of their physical receipt in a depository institution. Requires unlawful contributions to be returned to the contributor within 30 calendar days of receipt or escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. Clarifies that where a violation of the prohibition against contributions and expenditures by lobbyists during legislative session occurs because of the acceptance or agreement to accept a prohibited contribution, and the contribution is by check, the date of violation shall be the date of the receipt of the check and not the date of deposit. Appropriates moneys. (SD3)

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by JHA
  3. SD1by JDC
  4. SD2by WAM
  5. SD3

Decision stages

  1. House JHA committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    8 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  3. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    15 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    46 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 3 excused

  5. Judiciary (JDC) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  6. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    12 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  7. Senate third reading on SD3: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

7 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes

House members along the path

24 more House members only counted as floor ayes

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem.

  6. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 100-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  10. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1008-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 134).

  13. Passed First Reading.

  14. Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.

  15. The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  16. Re-Referred to JDC, WAM.

  17. The committee(s) on GVO deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-17-26 3:05PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

  18. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  19. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  20. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3273) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  21. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  22. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  23. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

  24. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3799) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  25. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  26. Floor Amendment No. 5 offered.

  27. Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3).

  28. Separated Committee Report.

  29. Report filed.

  30. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-16-26

  31. Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  32. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 708) in amended form (SD 3).

  33. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

  34. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

  35. Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Awa.

  36. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717).

  37. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Poepoe.

  38. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810).

  39. House Conferees Added: Representative Garcia added as Conferee.

  40. Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 837).

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