Hawaii Senate Bill 665 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-27 - Referred to JDC.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes that knowingly or intentionally providing false information concerning the name or address of a person paying for a campaign advertisement is a class C felony. Repeals certain exemptions from criminal prosecution for campaign finance violations. Repeals certain state of mind prerequisites with respect to the campaign spending commission's referral of complaints for criminal prosecution. Increases from four years to ten years the period from which a person convicted for a criminal violation of campaign finance law shall be disqualified from holding elective office. Establishes that the exercise of enforcement authority by the attorney general or prosecuting attorney may be the basis for prosecution of campaign finance law violations.

Relating To Violations Of Campaign Finance Law.

Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole [D]
Sen. Bennette Misalucha [D]	Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]	Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]
Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-27	Senate	Referred to JDC.
2021-01-25	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2021-01-22	Senate	Introduced.

SB665 (Carry Over) 2021-01-27 - Referred to JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=665&year=2021
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2021/bills/SB665_.HTM