HB 662 Hawaii House · 2025 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 Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB662 → HB662_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

HB 662 was amended to clarify and tighten campaign finance rules, particularly around loans and contributions from immediate family members. The changes standardize how loans from family are reported and limited, remove exemptions for a candidate's own funds, and adjust loan limits from various sources to prevent over-reliance on private lending. These updates aim to increase transparency and fairness in campaign funding.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on campaign finance regulations, but the applicability of loan limits and reporting requirements has been refined to cover more scenarios and clarify existing rules.

FISCAL

Loan limits from a candidate's immediate family were standardized to $50,000 in aggregate during an election period, with clearer reporting requirements.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'contribution' was updated to explicitly include the purchase of fundraiser tickets and clarify what constitutes a contribution versus a loan.

REQUIREMENT

Candidates are now prohibited from accepting additional loans until outstanding loans from non-family sources are repaid in full, with stricter repayment timelines.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, indicating a placeholder or error in the amended version.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and markup inconsistencies were corrected, including standardizing section references and removing obsolete bracketed 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

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In committee

Feb 13, 2025

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

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Passage Likelihood 46%

46% medium confidence

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