--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE." description: "Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to serve preliminary determinations of probable cause via first-class mail. Establishes a presumption of receipt when mailed to the address contained in the candidate or committee organizational report. (SD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "HB 97" citation: "Hawaii HB 97 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package", "Method of Service", "Preliminary Determination"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"] version_count: 3 action_count: 35 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2023-01-17" last_action: "2023-06-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c332210a-eb98-4c45-a668-7d102673dcc5" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=97&year=2023" source_hash: "14080a511501d7ab87a06063bb433c96fcd17fa143e1edff3cefadf4ad7a8b70" 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 97 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to serve preliminary determinations of probable cause via first-class mail. Establishes a presumption of receipt when mailed to the address contained in the candidate or committee organizational report. (SD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB97_.HTM) 2. **HB97_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB97_HD1_.HTM) 3. **HB97_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB97_SD1_.HTM) ## Votes - Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - SAIKI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-07** Act 069, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). `became-law` - **2023-06-07** Act 069, on 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). `became-law` - **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor. - **2023-05-04** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). `receipt` - **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). `passage` - **2023-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s). - **2023-04-28** Deferred one day 05-02-23. `deferral` - **2023-04-28** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 896). `receipt` - **2023-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 892). `receipt` - **2023-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-21-23. - **2023-04-27** House Conferee(s) discharged. - **2023-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 943). `receipt` - **2023-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Awa. - **2023-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801). `receipt` - **2023-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza. - **2023-03-22** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 463). `receipt` - **2023-03-21** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure` - **2023-03-20** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 505) in amended form (SD 1). - **2023-03-20** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Ihara, Keith-Agaran). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-03-17** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-20-23. - **2023-03-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-17** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1162) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-03-09** 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` - **2023-03-06** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-09-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-09** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-02-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-02-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 10). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-02-08** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-02-06** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Kila, Todd excused (3). - **2023-02-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 84) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-02-01** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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` - **2023-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-01-23 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/c332210a-eb98-4c45-a668-7d102673dcc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).