republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-92.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW."
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 92"
citation: "Hawaii HB 92 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines", "Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package", "Independent Expenditures", "Noncandidate Committees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af0089ef-4819-4d84-b2bf-32391fd4ee74"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=92&year=2023"
source_hash: "ab143b6f58a4472b53e39fe341724626ab235230bd737eb4b8a3d764d56c61c9"
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 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)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB92_.HTM)
2. **HB92_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB92_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Act 121, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `became-law`
- **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`
- **2023-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Awa.
- **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.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af0089ef-4819-4d84-b2bf-32391fd4ee74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).