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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION."
+description: "Clarifies and modernizes the way the State Ethics Commission provides advice and conducts investigations. (CD1)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2216"
+citation: "Hawaii SB 2216 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Advice", "Code of Ethics", "Investigations", "Lobbyists", "State Ethics Commission Package"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-18"
+last_action: "2024-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8c9deb4-10ec-4de3-ad0e-3c2d2e62ee7e"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2216&year=2024"
+source_hash: "272e4665b220af75d4a7d674def3144244541458c199d091f1361b22ef47af2b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii SB 2216 (2024) — RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
+
+Clarifies and modernizes the way the State Ethics Commission provides advice and conducts investigations. (CD1)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB2216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2216_.HTM)
+2. **SB2216_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2216_CD1_.HTM)
+3. **SB2216_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2216_HD1_.HTM)
+4. **SB2216_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2216_SD1_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
+- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KOUCHI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-07-05** Act 188, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). `became-law`
+- **2024-07-05** Act 188, on 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). `became-law`
+- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
+- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
+- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). `passage`
+- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
+- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
+- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 21-24) as amended in (CD 1).
+- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
+- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 21-24).
+- **2024-04-19** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
+- **2024-04-19** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 2:15PM; Conference Room 325.
+- **2024-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). `receipt`
+- **2024-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Takayama, Souza.
+- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). `receipt`
+- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
+- **2024-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 489). `receipt`
+- **2024-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 555). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2024-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Souza excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1757-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
+- **2024-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Aiu, Cochran, Lamosao. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2024-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Kong, Sayama excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-19** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1178-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
+- **2024-03-14** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-14-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 5) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2024-02-01** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2024-01-30** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-01-24.
+- **2024-01-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2105) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2024-01-26** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-19** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-26-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
+- **2024-01-18** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-18** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8c9deb4-10ec-4de3-ad0e-3c2d2e62ee7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
+