Here are a few additional items relevant to the issue of campaign fundraising by lobbyists.

First, there are several states, including California, which prohibit campaign contributions by lobbyists. There are additional states that prohibit lobbyist contributions while the legislature is in session.

Hawaii law does not restrict contributions by lobbyists.

This information is from a listing prepared by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Contributions by Lobbyists
State
Restriction

Alaska
A lobbyist cannot contribute to a candidate for legislature while lobbyist is subject to registration requirements and for one year after, except to candidate in the district where the lobbyist will be eligible to vote on the day of the election (AS §15.13.074(g))

California
Lobbyists may not contribute to state candidates or officeholders if registered to lobby the candidate’s or officeholder’s agency (Govt. Code §85702)

Kentucky
Lobbyists may not contribute to legislative candidates, nor may legislative candidates accept contributions from lobbyists (KRS §6.767 and §6.811(6))

Massachusetts
Contributions by executive and legislative agents are limited to $200 per calendar year to an individual candidate or committee

South Carolina
A lobbyist shall not offer, solicit, facilitate, or provide contributions on behalf of any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency (SC Code §2-17-80)

Tennessee
Lobbyists are prohibited from making any campaign contributions to any candidate for governor or the general assembly (Tenn. Code §3-6-304(j))

Lobbyists are prohibited from making contributions during the legislative session in:
Arizona (A.R.S. §41-1234.01)

Colorado (C.R.S.A. § 1-45-105.5)

Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-610(e))

Iowa (Iowa Code §56.15)

Kansas (K.S.A. § 25-4153a)

Louisiana (La.R.S. 24:56)

Maine (1 Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. §1015(3))

Minnesota (Minn. Stat. §10A.273)

North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-278.13B(c))

Oklahoma (21 O.S. 187.1)

Vermont (2 V.S.A. §266(3))

Wisconsin (Wis. Stats. § 13.625)

Federal election law also requires additional disclosure of bundling of contributions by lobbyists or lobbyists’ PACs that exceed certain limits.

Bundling refers to the practice of lobbyists soliciting campaign contributions for a candidate from others, perhaps clients the lobbyist represents, then forwarding those contributions to the candidate’s campaign in a manner which recognizes the lobbyists role in raising the bundled amount.

Reports on bundled contributions are filed by the recipient candidates’ campaigns.

The federal regulations are laid out by the Federal Election Commission.

Public Citizen explains why disclosure of binding is important. It’s all about the importance of money in the political system.

Bundlers play an enormous role in determining the success of political campaigns and are apt to receive preferential treatment if their candidate wins. Bundlers who direct money to presidential candidates tend to be first in line for plum ambassador positions and other political appointments. Industry titans and lobbyists are more likely to receive preferential treatment from elected officials if they raised large amounts of money for them.

From an article describing how bundling is used by developers in New York:

Dozens of executives of companies that do business with city government are finding their way around strict limits on campaign contributions, raising nearly $1 million so far on behalf of prospective 2013 candidates for mayor even though they personally would be prohibited from contributing more than a token sum.

A lobbyist for the Related Companies steered more than $27,000 to the mayoral campaign of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who provided crucial support for its Hudson Yards development.

They are bundlers, intermediaries who deliver donations from multiple donors to a candidate running for office, and most come from the real estate industry. While the city’s campaign finance rules limit city contractors and lobbyists seeking government business to just $400 in contributions to any one candidate, no such restrictions apply to those who bundle other donors’ contributions.

While preparing my Civil Beat column this week on the issue of fundraisers organized by lobbyists, I was told by several people that it is not uncommon for lobbyists to engage in this type of fundraising at the state and local level.

As far as I can tell, Hawaii law does not currently restrict nor require disclosure of bundling by lobbyists or any other donors.