---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MANDATORY LOBBYIST TRAINING."
description: "Requires the State Ethics Commission to establish and administer a lobbyist training course and makes the lobbyist training course mandatory for all lobbyists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Hawaii HB 138 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics Commission Package", "Mandatory Lobbyist Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51e23714-f234-4d43-9525-1f6ae3a3ba77"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=138&year=2023"
source_hash: "2172ddd2b75552551d5465861ba0dda2f7cf7dd768ab91dc64456b789dfc9486"
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 HB 138 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MANDATORY LOBBYIST TRAINING.

Requires the State Ethics Commission to establish and administer a lobbyist training course and makes the lobbyist training course mandatory for all lobbyists.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB138_.HTM)

## Votes

- 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
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-20** Act 020, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Act 020, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120). `became-law`
- **2023-04-04** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 552).
- **2023-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** One Day Notice 04-04-23.
- **2023-04-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1484) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-30** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1163) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2023-03-09** 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, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-09-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-14** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 14). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-02-10** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 286), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Prefiled.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51e23714-f234-4d43-9525-1f6ae3a3ba77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).