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Bill	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.	Exempts candidates who are deemed elected, running unopposed, or unsuccessful after a primary or special primary election from the prohibition on donating excess campaign funds for charitable or scholarship purposes before the general election date. (SB197 HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 197	Hawaii SB 197 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Elections Campaign Finance Restrictions on Use of Campaign Funds	enacted	DELA CRUZ ENGLISH INOUYE K. RHOADS KEITH-AGARAN Kim	1	34	3	2019-01-18	2019-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/99528317-2aaf-458c-85d4-93b182112500	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=197&year=2019	34abf1c64742cefdb2d711703a35cc5b28f321b7503de8803d847805e1793c48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 197 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Exempts candidates who are deemed elected, running unopposed, or unsuccessful after a primary or special primary election from the prohibition on donating excess campaign funds for charitable or scholarship purposes before the general election date. (SB197 HD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB197 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
• ENGLISH — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• K. RHOADS — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• Kim — 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. referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-12 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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
• 2019-03-01 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 830) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• 2019-03-01 One Day Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Passed Third Reading. 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. 67). 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. 1517) 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. 2079), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Nakamura 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. 644). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 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 107, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). executive-signature
• 2019-06-25 Act 107, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99528317-2aaf-458c-85d4-93b182112500. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).