---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LIMITING A CAMPAIGN'S ACCEPTANCE OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS."
description: "Limits to $100 the total amount of cash a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept from a single person during each election period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "Hawaii HB 99 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cash Contributions", "Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8139514-6b28-4a80-9ecd-9c02df056485"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=99&year=2023"
source_hash: "88c151543d610967815afbcf05a1523cf6a19e3da5b81656eb32bbda23958980"
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 99 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LIMITING A CAMPAIGN'S ACCEPTANCE OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.

Limits to $100 the total amount of cash a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept from a single person during each election period.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB99_.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

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03** Act 006, 03/31/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `became-law`
- **2023-03-31** Act 006, on 03/31/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `became-law`
- **2023-03-20** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-03-20** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 506).
- **2023-03-20** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Ihara, Keith-Agaran). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-17** One Day Notice 03-20-23.
- **2023-03-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1157) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **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.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 8). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 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; 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. 82), 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, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ganaden; 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/d8139514-6b28-4a80-9ecd-9c02df056485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).