republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-717.md

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Bill	RELATING TO NEPOTISM.	Prohibits under certain circumstances state employees from appointing, hiring, promoting, or retaining relatives and household members and from making or participating in certain other employment-related decisions and from awarding a contract to or otherwise taking official action on a contract with a business if the employee's relative or household member is an executive officer of or holds a substantial ownership interest in that business. Imposes administrative fines for violations. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 717	Hawaii HB 717 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Administrative Fine Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct Nepotism State Employees	enacted	SAIKI	6	47	5	2023-01-20	2023-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/febc73b7-212f-49d6-a8f6-338b2e6b0492	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=717&year=2023	a12e711b8573b1d4a19fb6c7fb09c24560e5cda83d0731d3e2aa04e589cc4dad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 717 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NEPOTISM.

Prohibits under certain circumstances state employees from appointing, hiring, promoting, or retaining relatives and household members and from making or participating in certain other employment-related decisions and from awarding a contract to or otherwise taking official action on a contract with a business if the employee's relative or household member is an executive officer of or holds a substantial ownership interest in that business. Imposes administrative fines for violations. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB717 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB717_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB717_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB717_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB717_SD1_SFA2 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB717_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-12 Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 261, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1375). became-law
• 2023-07-12 Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 261, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1375). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 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; Representative(s) Alcos voting no (1) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Chang, DeCoite, Dela Cruz, Elefante, Fevella, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Inouye, Kanuha, Keith-Agaran, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Lee, McKelvey, San Buenaventura, Shimabukuro, Wakai. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 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. 43).
• 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 43) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 1:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 931). receipt
• 2023-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801). receipt
• 2023-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 777) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23
• 2023-04-06 Report filed.
• 2023-04-06 Separated Committee Report.
• 2023-04-06 Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 2). amendment-passage
• 2023-04-06 Floor Amendment No. 2 offered.
• 2023-04-05 Deferred One Day 04-06-23. deferral
• 2023-04-03 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-23.
• 2023-04-03 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1503) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-03-24 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
• 2023-03-20 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-24-23 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-20 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1179) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-15 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-10 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to LBT, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 334). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 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 none excused (0).
• 2023-03-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 816) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-22 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Kong. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/febc73b7-212f-49d6-a8f6-338b2e6b0492. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).