RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Summary
Amends section 11-364, HRS, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Last action Feb 10, 2026
Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2026
How they voted
50–1
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 10, 2026
D
Democratic41
100% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 10, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (50-1)
house
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 104-26), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem.
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
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