Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission

The Commission enforces the State Ethics Code (HRS chapter 84) and the State Lobbyist Law (HRS chapter 97). Our jurisdiction is limited to state elected officials, state employees, members of state boards and commissions, and lobbyists and organizations that lobby at the state level.

Types of issues we handle include:  gifts & gift reporting, use or disclosure of confidential information, fair treatment, nepotism, conflicts of interests, contract restrictions, financial disclosures, post-employment restrictions, failure to register as a lobbyist, failure to report lobbying expenditures, prohibited lobbying gifts or campaign donations.