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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO ETHICS ADMINISTRATIVE FINES."
+description: "Establishes uniform provisions for the assessment of administrative penalties under the State Ethics Code and Lobbyist Law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 289"
+citation: "Hawaii SB 289 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administrative Fines", "Lobbyist Law", "State Ethics Code", "State Ethics Commission Package"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba8ae73-c7ea-4ae5-8054-6c6eebb3b763"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=289&year=2025"
+source_hash: "80405f1a27c9400aca60039b280b22c2b43b7b1a1575a17e29bd12ddafb52377"
+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 289 (2025) — RELATING TO ETHICS ADMINISTRATIVE FINES.
+
+Establishes uniform provisions for the assessment of administrative penalties under the State Ethics Code and Lobbyist Law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB289** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB289_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Third Reading. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KOUCHI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-11** Act 013, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). `became-law`
+- **2025-04-11** Act 013, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). `became-law`
+- **2025-03-28** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 411). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2025-03-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (3).
+- **2025-03-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1657), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2025-03-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2025-03-04** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 18 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 38). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2025-02-28** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kidani). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** One Day Notice 02-28-25.
+- **2025-02-27** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 712) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2025-01-30** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-01-29** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-27** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
+- **2025-01-21** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
+- **2025-01-14** Pending Introduction.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba8ae73-c7ea-4ae5-8054-6c6eebb3b763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
+