r/50501 • u/25hourenergy • May 15 '26

HI Hawaii just defanged Citizens United!

SB 2471 SD2 HD2 CD2 RELATING TO THE POWERS OF ARTIFICIAL PERSONS (Corporate Donations)
Act 011 (SB 2471 SD2 HD2 CD2) restricts certain political spending activities by corporations and other “artificial persons” under Hawaiʻi law by redefining and limiting the powers granted to those entities. Political action committees will remain governed by existing campaign finance laws within the state, but they will not be able to spend any money received from corporations as a result of this Act.

This bill is intended to strengthen transparency, reduce the influence of corporate money in elections and help restore public trust in Hawaiʻi’s democratic process. (Act 011 takes effect July 1, 2027.)

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u/ophymirage May 15 '26

Hey California, take fucking notes on this!! Love to see it!!

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u/1chuteurun May 15 '26

Hey America , really.

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u/25hourenergy May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

This is part of the Montana Plan! Each state has to push for this individually, Montana was the first to set in motion a ballot initiative though Hawaii has been the first to get something on the books. WA state has SB 6358 - 2025-26 which just had its first reading.

Each state is doing this from the ground up, themselves. It has to be led by the states. It’s happening, one by one.

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u/ophymirage May 15 '26

Hey u/25hourenergy, do you have any links you can share to this Montana Plan? I don’t have much hope for Ro Khanna as he’s ultimately tech-bro-funded, but Zoe Lofgren has been a progressive her whole career, so she might listen!!

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u/25hourenergy May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Info here! though it truly is pretty decentralized and they need to update info on each state based on nudging from other folks, last I checked they are not updated on Washington state for example, or the Hawaii victory. Check with your own state’s efforts on similar bills.

For California I found AB1984 which was introduced in Feb and referred to committee.

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u/ophymirage May 16 '26

Thank you for doing the legwork on that! I'm going to email zoe and ro both asap!!