republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-209.md

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Bill	RELATING TO TAXATION.	Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/17. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. (HB209 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2017 Regular Session	HB 209	Hawaii HB 209 (2017 Regular Session)	bill	Earned Income Tax Credit Income Tax Rates Refundable Food/Excise Tax Credit	enacted	BELATTI C. LEE CULLEN HOLT JOHANSON LOWEN LUKE NAKASHIMA NISHIMOTO QUINLAN SAIKI	3	42	4	2017-01-19	2017-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5c7d82b2-bca3-4180-a916-5c02949192c3	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=209&year=2017	c32c07a3c2a7d3710a5e906bd87f7fa80cb65c7c4890825aa2f24667c191387e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 209 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/17. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. (HB209 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB209 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB209_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB209_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 17–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• CULLEN — primary (person)
• HOLT — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• LUKE — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• QUINLAN — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Pending introduction.
• 2017-01-20 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-09-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2017-02-09 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 815) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
• 2017-03-07 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2017-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 236). introduction
• 2017-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
• 2017-03-22 The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-28-17 9:35AM in conference room 211.
• 2017-03-28 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Taniguchi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2017-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-07-17.
• 2017-04-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 518) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2017-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2017-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 584).
• 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Johanson, Tupola.
• 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
• 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Tokuda Chair; English, Shimabukuro.
• 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
• 2017-04-19 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-21-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2017-04-21 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-25-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2017-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2017-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2017-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Johanson, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-04-28 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 121) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2017-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
• 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 121).
• 2017-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Oshiro, Tupola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Har, Ito, Kong, Say, Tokioka voting no (6) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
• 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
• 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
• 2017-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2017-07-11 Act 107, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). executive-signature
• 2017-07-11 Act 107, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c7d82b2-bca3-4180-a916-5c02949192c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).