# Hawaii HB 2263: RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Hawaii HB 2263, RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-02-20 (Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 627-26), recommending referral to FIN.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2263-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HB 2263 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-26 - Last action: 2026-02-20, Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 627-26), recommending referral to FIN. - Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: CSC, State Procurement Office, State and County Contractors, State and County Grantees, Officers of Contractors and Grantees, Third-Party Payment Processor Website Contributions, Prohibited Contributions, Appropriation, PBS, LAB, FIN - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (65 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Requires disclosure of the names of compensated officers of state and county contractors and grantees. Prohibits the compensated officers of certain state and county contractors and grantees from making, promising, or soliciting certain campaign contributions for the duration of the contract or grant. Provides that, for contributions received through a third-party payment processor website, whether received by check or directly deposited to the candidate or noncandidate committee, the date the contributor executes the transaction on the third-party payment processor website shall be deemed the date of receipt and the date of acceptance for campaign finance reporting and compliance requirements. Clarifies that monetary contributions and other campaign funds shall be deposited within 14 days of their physical receipt in a depository institution. Requires unlawful contributions to be returned to the contributor within 30 calendar days of receipt or escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. Clarifies that where a violation of the prohibition against contributions and expenditures by lobbyists during legislative session occurs because of the acceptance or agreement to accept a prohibited contribution, and the contribution is by check, the date of violation shall be the date of the receipt of the check and not the date of deposit. Appropriates moneys. (SD3) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-17 | House | The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LAB... | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2026-02-06 | House | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (11) - 2026-02-20: Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 627-26), recommending referral to FIN. (House) - 2026-02-20: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). (House) - 2026-02-17: The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House) - 2026-02-13: Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-02-11: Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 197-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB. (House) - 2026-02-11: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LAB with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). (House) - 2026-02-06: The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House) - 2026-02-03: Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-06-26 8:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-01-30: Referred to PBS, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5 (House) - 2026-01-28: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House) - 2026-01-26: Pending introduction. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_HD1_.pdf) - HB2263_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_HD1_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law) - HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed) - HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_HD1_.pdf) - [HB2263_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_HD1_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2263_.PDF) ## Related - [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026) - [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026) - [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026) - [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026) - [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026) - [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2263-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).