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SB2737Introduced in the Senate

Relating To Bribery.

Engrossed

Introduced by Karl Rhoads, District 13

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Establishes the offense of failure to report bribery by a state elected official as a misdemeanor. Requires a state elected official who knows of or witnesses the conferring, offering, solicitation, or acceptance of a pecuniary benefit in violation of the bribery statute to report the conduct to the Department of the Attorney General, a county prosecuting attorney, a law enforcement agency, the State Ethics Commission, or a county ethics board within sixty days. Defines "state elected official". Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Where it stands

Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

April 16, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments · February 24, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Joy San Buenaventura2Yes
Stanley Chang9Yes
Karl Rhoads13Yes
Mike Gabbard21Absent
Brenton Awa23Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to PSM, JDC.

  4. Re-Referred to JDC.

  5. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  6. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

  7. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2886) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  9. 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26.

  10. Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye, Keohokalole, Kim, Lamosao, McKelvey, San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  11. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 290) in amended form (SD 1).

  12. Pass First Reading

  13. Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17

  14. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama, Cochran.

  16. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1979-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  17. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  18. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  19. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 697).

  20. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  21. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

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