republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-138.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES."
description: "Adds campaign spending report filing deadlines of April 30 and October 1 of a general election year for candidates and candidate committees. (SB138 HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Hawaii SB 138 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package", "Candidates", "Candidate Committee Reports", "Filing Dates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39f34e41-3819-48fd-9401-ad293febe124"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=138&year=2019"
source_hash: "d2919504d1da1120339221f3501960b22c089a7f791e2f155390042db37ad554"
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 SB 138 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.

Adds campaign spending report filing deadlines of April 30 and October 1 of a general election year for candidates and candidate committees. (SB138 HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB138_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-02-12** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 775) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2019-02-28** One Day Notice 03-01-19.
- **2019-03-01** Deferred until 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 52). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-11-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-18-19.
- **2019-03-11** Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-18-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-03-18** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1916) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-01** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, McKelvey, Saiki, Todd excused (4).
- **2019-04-03** Deferred one day 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 573). `introduction`
- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee Chair; San Buenaventura, Morikawa, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-05-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-17** One Day Notice 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-18** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 914).
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Act 241, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1343). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 241, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1343). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39f34e41-3819-48fd-9401-ad293febe124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).