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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE."
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description: "Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidate’s child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1202"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 1202 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Child Care", "Elections", "Use of Campaign Funds", "Vital Household Dependent Care"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "FEVELLA", "HASHIMOTO", "KIDANI", "KIM", "MCKELVEY", "RHOADS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df24b6c5-23bf-4741-940b-cbf15b92e567"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1202&year=2025"
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source_hash: "63dc10d16cd89fc66069a68c506350d76d02fa3ed9c88540b29715a832028eec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 1202 (2025) — RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
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Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidate’s child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB1202** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1202_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
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- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **23–2** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **2–1** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- AQUINO — primary (person)
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- CHANG — primary (person)
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- FEVELLA — primary (person)
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- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
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- KIDANI — primary (person)
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- KIM — primary (person)
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- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
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- RHOADS — primary (person)
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- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
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- Dela Cruz — cosponsor (person)
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- Richards — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-23** Act 019, on 04/22/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-23** Act 019, 04/22/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 452). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1924), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-03-31** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-31-25 3:15PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1337), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2025-03-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 273). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** One Day Notice 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 958) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-02-19** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 514) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
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- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-28** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:34PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-27** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df24b6c5-23bf-4741-940b-cbf15b92e567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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