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HI SB1344

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/10/2015

Primary Sponsor

Gil Keith-agaran

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures to disclose additional information when receiving contributions over $10,000 in the aggregate during an election period from entities other than individuals, for-profit businesses, or labor unions.

  • Mandates disclosure of either: the internet address of the contributing entity's state or federal disclosure report, the names and funding sources of entities that contributed $100 or more to that contributor, or an acknowledgment that the entity is not subject to disclosure requirements.

  • Applies the same disclosure requirements to late contributions exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate from non-individual, non-business, non-labor union entities to noncandidate committees making independent expenditures.

  • Effective January 1, 2016, with amendments to Hawaii Revised Statutes sections 11-323, 11-335, and 11-338 regarding campaign finance reporting and disclosure.

Legislative Description

Campaign Spending; Noncandidate Committees

Last Action

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 Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6).

3/27/2015

Committee Referrals

Finance3/27/2015
Judiciary3/12/2015
Judiciary and Labor2/2/2015

Full Bill Text

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