Increases the amount of fine from $1,000 to $5,000 that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures that has received at least 1 contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period, for campaign spending law violations. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order the fine be up to 3 times the amount of the unlawful contribution or expenditure, and to order that the payment of the fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of the candidate or the funds of the noncandidate committee or if the noncandidate committee cannot pay, the personal funds of the candidate or officers of the noncandidate committee. (SD1)
Hawaii HB 92 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.
Increases the amount of fine from $1,000 to $5,000 that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures that has received at least 1 contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period, for campaign spending law violations. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order the fine be up to 3 times the amount of the unlawful contribution or expenditure, and to order that the payment of the fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of the candidate or the funds of the noncandidate committee or if the noncandidate committee cannot pay, the personal funds of the candidate or officers of the noncandidate committee. (SD1)
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2023-06-23 Act 121, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). became-law
2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
2023-05-04 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). receipt
2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). passage
2023-05-02 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
2023-04-28 Deferred one day 05-02-23. deferral
2023-04-28 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 896). receipt
2023-04-28 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 895). receipt
2023-04-27 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
2023-04-27 House Conferee(s) discharged.
2023-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 943). receipt
2023-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801). receipt
2023-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; 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. 717) in amended form (SD 1).
2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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 adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1764) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2023-03-30 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, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-24 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-30-23 9:32AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2023-03-10 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 251). 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
2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1191), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2023-02-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-06 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Kila, Todd excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
2023-02-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 70), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2023-02-01 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2023-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-01-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-25 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
2023-01-19 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
2023-01-17 Prefiled.
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