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Hawaii 2026

SB 2247

RELATING TO POLITICAL FUNDRAISING BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Contributions, Solicitation, State Ethics Commission Package
Introduced / first action
2026-01-14 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Prohibits any Executive Branch employee who is nominated or appointed by the Governor to a compensated position subject to confirmation by the Senate from engaging in certain campaign fundraising activities. (CD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 228, 07/10/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330).

    became-law

  2. Act 228, on 07/10/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330).

    became-law

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

    receipt

  4. Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

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

    receipt

  8. The Conference committee reconsidered its previous decision.

  9. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Poepoe, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 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) Rhoads, Lee, C., Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 162-26).

  12. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  13. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 162-26) as amended in (CD 1).

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

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 2:05PM; Conference Room 325.

  16. 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) Rhoads, Lee, C., Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Poepoe, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

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

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

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

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

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

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

  24. Re-referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  25. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Garcia.

  26. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  27. Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Lee, C. Co-Chairs; Awa.

  28. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714).

    receipt

  29. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 638).

    introduction, receipt

  30. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  31. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  32. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  33. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1980-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  34. 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) Cochran excused (1).

  35. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  38. Referred to JHA, referral sheet 16

    referral-committee

  39. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  40. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 44) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  41. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2874) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  42. One Day Notice 03-06-26.

  43. 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, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  45. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  46. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2467) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  48. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:04AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  50. Re-Referred to JDC, WAM.

    referral-committee

  51. Referred to GVO, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  52. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  53. Pending Introduction.

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