§97-5  Restricted activities.  (a)  No lobbyist shall accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action.  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.

     (b)  A state lobbyist alleged to have made a prohibited contribution to an elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or any other individual required to file an organizational report pursuant to section 11-321 in violation of this section shall be administratively referred by the executive director of the campaign spending commission to the state ethics commission.

     (c)  Any contribution prohibited by this section shall escheat, as directed by the campaign spending commission, to the Hawaii election campaign fund.

     (d)  For the purposes of this section:

     "Elected official" has the same meaning as in section 11-342.

     "Session" has the same meaning as in section 11-365. [L 1975, c 160, pt of §1; am L 2023, c 128, §3; am L 2025, c 64, §3]