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Bill	RELATING TO THE POWERS OF ARTIFICIAL PERSONS.	Reaffirms that artificial persons created under state law possess only those powers that are necessary or convenient to carry out lawful purposes, and that those powers do not include the power to spend money or contribute anything of value to influence elections or ballot measures. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to impose certain penalties for violations. Effective 7/1/2027. (CD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 2471	Hawaii SB 2471 (2026)	bill	AG Agricultural Cooperative Associations Ballot-Issue Activities Business Entities Consumer Cooperative Associations Corporations DCCA Election Activities Limitations Limited Liability Companies Limited Liability Partnerships Limited Partnerships Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives Nonprofit Corporations Penalties Professional Corporations State-Chartered Credit Unions	enacted	FUKUNAGA KEOHOKALOLE RHOADS SAN BUENAVENTURA	9	67	8	2026-01-22	2026-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/eee67bf6-5055-4c7c-b071-fcacae3a4c56	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2471&year=2026	54feec65ade23389c75198fb5ea2c1d86f50f174e883082595e61cef2cfe0cc7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2471 (2026) — RELATING TO THE POWERS OF ARTIFICIAL PERSONS.

Reaffirms that artificial persons created under state law possess only those powers that are necessary or convenient to carry out lawful purposes, and that those powers do not include the power to spend money or contribute anything of value to influence elections or ballot measures. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to impose certain penalties for violations. Effective 7/1/2027. (CD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB2471 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2471_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2471_CD1_HFA11 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2471_CD1_SFA10 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2471_CD2 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB2471_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
7. SB2471_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
8. SB2471_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
9. SB2471_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
• KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-14 Act 011, on 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). became-law
• 2026-05-14 Act 011, 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). became-law
• 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 889). receipt
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 820). receipt
• 2026-05-08 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) San Buenaventura). passage
• 2026-05-08 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 48 Hrs. Notice 05-08-26
• 2026-05-06 Report filed.
• 2026-05-06 Separated Committee Report.
• 2026-05-06 Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2). amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Floor Amendment No. 10 offered.
• 2026-05-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday 05-08-26.
• 2026-05-06 Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and none excused. amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Floor Amendment No. 11 offered by Rep. Matayoshi.
• 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 238-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 238-26).
• 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Pierick.
• 2026-05-01 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) Keohokalole, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-01 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:30 PM; Conference Room 224.
• 2026-04-30 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 2:30PM; Conference Room 224.
• 2026-04-29 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:40PM; Conference Room 224.
• 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:40PM; CR 224.
• 2026-04-28 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 872). receipt
• 2026-04-28 House Conferees Added: Representative Keohokapu-Lee Loy added as Co-Chair.
• 2026-04-28 Re-referred to CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 35 referral-committee
• 2026-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 2:40PM; Conference Room 224.
• 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-26 2:40PM; CR 224.
• 2026-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 819). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 739). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 224.
• 2026-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa.
• 2026-04-23 House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Perruso, Pierick.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
• 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 664). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-10 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2129-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-08 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-08-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-30 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1485-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-03-24 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 03-24-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-18 The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. deferral
• 2026-03-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 247) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-06 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3094) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2026-03-05 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
• 2026-02-27 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-05-26 10:02AM; CR 016 & Videoconference. deferral
• 2026-02-23 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-27-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2429) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-02-10 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-04 The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-10-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. deferral
• 2026-02-03 The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-04-26 9:30AM; CR 229 & Videoconference. deferral
• 2026-01-30 The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-01-28 Referred to CPN, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-01-22 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eee67bf6-5055-4c7c-b071-fcacae3a4c56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).