HB 662 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Summary

Makes contributions by the candidate's immediate family subject to contribution limits. Amends the loan amount that a candidate or candidate committee may receive from the candidate's immediate family. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB662 → HB662_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB662 to HB662 HD1, indicating it has been amended by the House of Representatives. The text was cleaned of formatting artifacts and the effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000. The substantive policy content regarding campaign finance definitions and limits appears to remain intact, though the section numbering was adjusted.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding campaign finance rules remains unchanged; only the version number and effective date were modified.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to reflect House of Representatives action (HD1), and section numbers were reorganized.

Removed metadata headers, timestamps, and formatting codes that were not part of the legislative text.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 621) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors