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Hawaii 2026

HB 2050

RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Campaign Spending Commission Package, Partial Public Financing
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 136, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237).

    became-law

  2. Act 136, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. Transmitted to Governor.

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

    passage

  6. 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

  7. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 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

  10. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 159-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  11. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  12. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 159-26).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  14. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.

  16. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:00PM; CR 325.

  17. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  18. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  19. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.

  20. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.

  21. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-22-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  22. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Perruso Co-Chairs; Belatti, Poepoe, Garcia.

  23. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  24. Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Awa.

  25. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713).

    receipt

  26. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  27. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  28. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  29. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 543) in amended form (SD 1).

  30. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3618) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  31. One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  32. 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

  33. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  34. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3284) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  35. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  36. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  37. 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

  38. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  39. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 180).

    introduction, receipt

  40. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  41. Referred to JDC, WAM.

    referral-committee

  42. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1009-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  46. 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

  47. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 103-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  48. 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

  49. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  50. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  51. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  52. Pending introduction.

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