---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MARKETPLACE FACILITATORS."
description: "Establishes marketplace facilitators as the sellers of tangible personal property, intangible property, or services. Requires other persons who provide a forum for listing of tangible personal property, intangible property, or services and the taking or processing of orders to report information about purchasers to the Department of Taxation. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Hawaii SB 396 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Excise Tax", "Use Tax", "Tangible Personal Property", "Intangible Property", "Services", "Marketplace Facilitators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DELA CRUZ", "K. Kahele", "KEITH-AGARAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd4dba6-2a6f-4a81-b51b-d9f5e3beedf8"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=396&year=2019"
source_hash: "efa84f645bab45ce489b24978f211d4aef4361111d8d1225d713127b2736353f"
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 SB 396 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MARKETPLACE FACILITATORS.

Establishes marketplace facilitators as the sellers of tangible personal property, intangible property, or services. Requires other persons who provide a forum for listing of tangible personal property, intangible property, or services and the taking or processing of orders to report information about purchasers to the Department of Taxation. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB396** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB396_.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. — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
- K. Kahele — primary (person)
- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to WAM/JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Re-Referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-06** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 670) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-20** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-28-19.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 10) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-15-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-15** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1392), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-03-18** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti, Gates, Har, Hashem, Lowen, McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (8).
- **2019-03-19** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, McDermott, Okimoto, Ward voting no (4) and Representative(s) Belatti, D. Kobayashi, Quinlan, Wildberger, Yamane excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 505). `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-04** Act 002, on 04/04/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-04** Act 002, 04/04/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd4dba6-2a6f-4a81-b51b-d9f5e3beedf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).