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Bill	RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.	Removes restriction on access to transcripts from public contested hearings. Removes statutory remnants from when violations of the lobbyist law resulted in criminal penalties. Allows the state ethics commission to assess an administrative fine pursuant to a settlement agreement. (SB144 HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 144	Hawaii SB 144 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	State Ethics Commission Package Transcripts Lobbyists Fines	enacted	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)	3	39	4	2019-01-18	2019-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7b895f7c-5999-4206-8625-ca8fba151f8b	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=144&year=2019	9dc60b102ac5848e4f6f44d25603df56b5a396440eabe851ccfc7af33838132a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 144 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Removes restriction on access to transcripts from public contested hearings. Removes statutory remnants from when violations of the lobbyist law resulted in criminal penalties. Allows the state ethics commission to assess an administrative fine pursuant to a settlement agreement. (SB144 HD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB144 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB144_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB144_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-18 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-07 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 256) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-02-13 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-20-19 10:05AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-02-20 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Riviere. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 852) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 54) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-11-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-18-19.
• 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-18-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-03-18 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1516) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-21 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) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-28 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2078), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 642). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2019-04-17 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
• 2019-04-17 One Day Notice 04-18-19.
• 2019-04-18 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 915).
• 2019-04-18 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-25 Act 109, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). executive-signature
• 2019-06-25 Act 109, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b895f7c-5999-4206-8625-ca8fba151f8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).