---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING."
description: "Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require certain taxpayers to file returns electronically, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2395"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2395 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Filing of Tax Returns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85008348-adf6-45dc-b759-0463ac773086"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2395&year=2018"
source_hash: "06947ccbc2191280514a13a41e2f365d96edb5ac9df4b718c272185749ce74d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 2395 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING.

Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require certain taxpayers to file returns electronically, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2395_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-01** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 901-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (3).
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Yamane excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 223). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3025) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-03-21** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-23-18.
- **2018-03-23** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 444) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-03-27** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-03-28** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 388).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Cullen, Tupola.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; English Co-Chair; Galuteria.
- **2018-04-17** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2018-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-27-18.
- **2018-04-17** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-18-18 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2018-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 787).
- **2018-04-18** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 618).
- **2018-04-18** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 621).
- **2018-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-18** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Fukumoto, Ing, McDermott, McKelvey excused (4).
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-19** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 626).
- **2018-07-05** Act 066, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 066, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85008348-adf6-45dc-b759-0463ac773086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).