---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE."
description: "Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Hawaii SB 51 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertisements", "Campaign Finance", "Fines", "Noncandidate Committees", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KEITH-AGARAN", "RHOADS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-14"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62742b7-3ebf-4a6b-955d-e15727bd1956"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=51&year=2023"
source_hash: "f4466477e63c5d3329353a6bdea8dc5a727b1216499b9c6de6eaa1152f591370"
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 51 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB51_.HTM)
2. **SB51_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB51_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB51_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB51_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB51_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB51_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (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. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Act 127, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Act 127, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 33) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 33).
- **2023-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Takayama, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2023-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Takayama, Alcos.
- **2023-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 893). `receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Awa.
- **2023-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 723). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2151), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-04-05** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-05-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-21** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1387) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-03-17** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 66) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 681) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-09** 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`
- **2023-02-03** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-20** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2023-01-14** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c62742b7-3ebf-4a6b-955d-e15727bd1956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).