STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2163-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2530

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2530, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require disclosure of the names of compensated officers, and their immediate family members, of state contractors with contracts exceeding the small purchase threshold established under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code and grantees with grants exceeding $250,000;

(2) Prohibit the compensated officers of state contractors, and their immediate family members, from making, promising, or soliciting certain campaign contributions for the duration of the contract exceeding the small purchase threshold;

(3) Prohibit state grantees, including compensated officers and their immediate family members, from making, promising, or soliciting certain contributions for the duration of the grant exceeding $250,000;

(4) Require unlawful contributions to be returned to the contributor or escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund; and

(5) Appropriate funds to the State Procurement Office for system updates, training, and administrative support.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission; Clean the Pacific; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii; Imua Alliance; Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; Our Hawaiʻi; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office and four individuals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2530, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair