RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

SB2411

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2411

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to campaign finance
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
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Section 11-333, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

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"(b)
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Schedules filed with the reports shall
include the following additional information:

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(1)
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The amount and date of deposit of each
contribution and the name and address of each contributor who makes
contributions aggregating more than $100 in an election period;
provided
that for contributions received through a third-party website such as ActBlue
or Paypal, the date the check was received by the candidate from the third
party, or if direct deposited, the date the deposit was made by the third
party, is the date to be reported for each contribution received by the third
party;
provided
further
that if all the information is not on file,
the contribution shall be returned to the contributor within thirty days of
deposit;

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(2)
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The amount and date of deposit of each
contribution and the name, address, occupation, and employer of each
contributor who makes contributions aggregating $1,000 or more during an
election period; provided that if all the information is not on file, the
contribution shall be returned to the contributor within thirty days of
deposit;

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(3)
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All expenditures, including the name
and address of each payee and the amount, date, and purpose of each
expenditure.
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Expenditures for
consultants, advertising agencies and similar firms, credit card payments,
salaries, and committee reimbursements to the candidate or other individuals
shall be itemized to permit a reasonable person to determine the ultimate
intended recipient of the expenditure and its purpose;

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(4)
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The amount, date of deposit, and
description of other receipts and the name and address of the source of each of
the other receipts;

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(5)
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Information about each loan received by
the committee, together with the names and addresses of the lender and each
person liable directly, and the amount of each loan.
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A copy of the executed loan document shall be
received by the commission by mail or delivery on or before the filing date for
the report covering the reporting period when the loan was received.
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The document shall contain the terms of the
loan, including the interest and repayment schedule.
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Failure to disclose the loan or to provide
documentation of the loan to the commission shall cause the loan to be treated
as a contribution, subject to all relevant provisions of this part;

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(6)
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A description of each durable asset,
the date of acquisition, value at the time of acquisition, and the name and
address of the vendor or contributor of the asset; and

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(7)
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The date of disposition of each durable
asset, value at the time of disposition, the method of disposition, and the
name and address of the person receiving the asset."

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SECTION
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Section 11-365, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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11-365
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Contributions and expenditures by lobbyists
prohibited during legislative session.
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(a)
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During any regular session or special session of the legislature,
including any extension of any regular session or special session and any
legislative recess days, holidays, and weekends, and for five calendar days
before and after a session, no lobbyist shall make, or promise to make at a
later time, any contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of an elected
official, candidate, candidate committee, or any other individual required to
file an organizational report pursuant to section 11-321.
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No elected official, candidate, candidate
committee, or other individual required to file an organizational report
pursuant to section 11-321 shall accept, or agree to accept at a later time,
any contribution from a lobbyist during the specified period under this
subsection.
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Any contribution prohibited
by this subsection shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund.
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An elected official, candidate, candidate committee,
or any other individual required to file an organizational report pursuant to
section 11-321, alleged to have received a prohibited contribution in violation
of this section, shall be administratively referred by the state ethics
commission executive director to the campaign spending commission.

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(b)
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Where the acceptance or agreement to accept is the violation of
subsection (a), the date of violation shall be the date of the acceptance or
the date where the agreement of acceptance occurred and not the date of
deposit.

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(b)
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(c)
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For the purposes of this section:

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"Elected
official" has the same meaning as in section 11‑342.

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"Lobbyist"
means any person actively registered as a lobbyist with a state or county
ethics board or commission.

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"Session" means a period in which
both legislative houses are in session."

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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Campaign
Finance; Third-Party Websites; Contributions; Lobbyists

Description:

Clarifies
that for campaign committee reports, the date a candidate receives a check from
a third-party website or the date the deposit is made by the third party is the
reporting date for contributions aggregating more than $100 in an election
period.
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Clarifies that for contributions
by lobbyists prohibited during a legislative session, the date of a violation
is the date of the acceptance or the date where the agreement of acceptance of
a contribution occurred and not the date of deposit.

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