republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-2125.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE."
description: "Makes various amendments to the State Ethics Code. Repeals exemption from certain financial disclosure requirements granted to members of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2125"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2125 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Ethics Code", "State Ethics Commission", "Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brower", "C. LEE", "ELI", "JOHANSON", "KONG", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA", "NAKASHIMA", "PERRUSO", "SAIKI", "TAKUMI", "WILDBERGER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6de2cf3-5eb2-460f-9db1-f27c2a0d3fbd"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2125&year=2020"
source_hash: "2da6704bb0a71e8d23e48e3e3ed135066bed097602d3debf90da4fdf404818bf"
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 2125 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE.

Makes various amendments to the State Ethics Code. Repeals exemption from certain financial disclosure requirements granted to members of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2125_.HTM)
2. **HB2125_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2125_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2125_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2125_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2125_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2125_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brower — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- ELI — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)
- WILDBERGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2020-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-06-20 9:10AM in House conference room 309.
- **2020-02-06** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Yamashita, Matsumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 361-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2020-02-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-02-25** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-20 at 2:00pm.
- **2020-02-25** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-20 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2020-02-26** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 992-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 317). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-20 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-03-16** The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
- **2020-06-19** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-23-20 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-06-23** 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-30** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3723) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2020-06-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2020-06-30** 48 Hrs. Notice 07-02-20.
- **2020-07-02** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-07-02** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 560) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2020-07-06** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2020-07-06** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 384).
- **2020-07-08** Reconsideration of action taken on 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-08** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 420).
- **2020-07-10** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
- **2020-07-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2020-09-15** Act 039, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 039, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6de2cf3-5eb2-460f-9db1-f27c2a0d3fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).