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Bill RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. Increases the expenditure limit and the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments for excess qualifying contributions. Appropriates funds for the program. Effective 11/4/2026. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2026 HB 2050 Hawaii HB 2050 (2026)
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Hawaii HB 2050 (2026) — RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.

Increases the expenditure limit and the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments for excess qualifying contributions. Appropriates funds for the program. Effective 11/4/2026. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2050 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2050_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2050_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB2050_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 250 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 120 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 41 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 151 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • NAKAMURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-06-24 Act 136, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). became-law
  • 2026-06-24 Act 136, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). became-law
  • 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Kitagawa, Matsumoto, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (8) and none excused (0). passage
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
  • 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 159-26).
  • 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 159-26) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2026-05-01 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) Rhoads, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Perruso, Belatti, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2026-04-30 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-29 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:00PM; CR 325.
  • 2026-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-22 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-21 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-22-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Awa.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Perruso Co-Chairs; Belatti, Poepoe, Garcia.
  • 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). receipt
  • 2026-04-14 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2026-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 543) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2026-04-10 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2026-04-09 One Day Notice 04-10-26.
  • 2026-04-09 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3618) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C.. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. deferral
  • 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-30 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-03-30 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3284) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2026-03-24 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-03-10 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2026-03-10 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 180). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-03-06 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kitagawa, Lee, M., Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (8) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2026-03-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1009-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2026-02-26 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lee, M., Alcos, Gedeon; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-02-10 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (4) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-09 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 103-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2026-02-03 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-01-28 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2026-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91e66697-ea80-43cf-a2d4-1b6c81cdabfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).