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Bill	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.	Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 51	Hawaii SB 51 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Advertisements Campaign Finance Fines Noncandidate Committees Violations	enacted	KEITH-AGARAN RHOADS	4	42	5	2023-01-14	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/c62742b7-3ebf-4a6b-955d-e15727bd1956	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=51&year=2023	f4466477e63c5d3329353a6bdea8dc5a727b1216499b9c6de6eaa1152f591370	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 51 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB51 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB51_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB51_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB51_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 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. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-23 Act 127, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). became-law
• 2023-06-23 Act 127, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 33) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 33).
• 2023-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Takayama, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Takayama, Alcos.
• 2023-04-17 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 893). receipt
• 2023-04-17 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Awa.
• 2023-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 723). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2151), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-05 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-05-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 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) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1387) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 66) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-02 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 681) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-09 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
• 2023-02-03 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-20 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-01-18 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2023-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c62742b7-3ebf-4a6b-955d-e15727bd1956. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).