---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO STATES OF EMERGENCY."
description: "Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive acts or practices in connection with the solicitation of a contribution to assist persons affected by a disaster or emergency. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2693"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2693 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Fraud", "Emergency Management", "Prohibited", "States of Emergency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ELEFANTE", "HASHIMOTO", "LEE", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441a4f5b-6e13-4c74-9141-36c7e8fa5909"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2693&year=2024"
source_hash: "3411fa5f7df0110198e6611a75cda2129e0f7fb172a20d1836df62bd50dbab18"
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 2693 (2024) — RELATING TO STATES OF EMERGENCY.

Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive acts or practices in connection with the solicitation of a contribution to assist persons affected by a disaster or emergency. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2693_.HTM)
2. **SB2693_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2693_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2693_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2693_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2693_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2693_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB2693_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2693_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ELEFANTE — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Act 211, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Act 211, on 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). `became-law`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 10-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 10-24).
- **2024-04-19** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Holt, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-19** 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) Wakai, Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 3:30PM; Conference Room 016.
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Elefante.
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Holt, Takayama, Souza.
- **2024-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 366). `receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 532). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Saiki, Todd, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** 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) Belatti, Gates, Quinlan excused (3).
- **2024-04-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1582-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-15** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ilagan, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Miyake, Souza. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-15-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 177) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2857) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-02-16** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-16-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2173) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2024-01-31** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-24 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441a4f5b-6e13-4c74-9141-36c7e8fa5909`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).