HB 2430

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
2430
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating
to campaign finance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
���� SECTION 1.� Section 11-365, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
���� "�11-365�
Contributions and expenditures by lobbyists prohibited during
legislative session.� (a)� During any regular session or special session
of the legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special
session and any legislative recess days, holidays, and weekends, and for five
calendar days before and after a session, no lobbyist shall make, or promise to
make at a later time, any contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of an
elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or any other individual
required to file an organizational report pursuant to section 11-321.� No elected official, candidate, candidate
committee, or other individual required to file an organizational report
pursuant to section 11-321 shall accept, or agree to accept at a later time,
any contribution from a lobbyist during the specified period under this
subsection.� Any contribution prohibited
by this subsection shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund.� An elected official, candidate, candidate committee,
or any other individual required to file an organizational report pursuant to
section 11-321, alleged to have received a prohibited contribution in violation
of this section, shall be administratively referred by the state ethics
commission executive director to the campaign spending commission.
���� (b)�
Subsection (a) shall not apply to county elected officials, county
candidates, and county candidate committees.
���� [[(b)]] (c)� For the purposes of this section:
���� "Elected
official" has the same meaning as in section 11‑342.
���� "Lobbyist"
means any person actively registered as a lobbyist with [[a]] the
state [[or county]] ethics [[board or]] commission.
���� "Session" means a period in which
both legislative houses are in session."
���� SECTION 2.�
This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that
were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
���� SECTION 3.�
Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.� New statutory material is underscored.
���� SECTION 4.�
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Campaign
Finance; Contributions and Expenditures by Lobbyists During Legislative Sessions;
County Candidates; Exemption
Description:
Exempts county
elected officials, county candidates, and county candidate committees from the
prohibition on receiving contributions from a lobbyist during a state legislative
session.
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